Knife Angel Brings Hope

Call to halt PAVA Spray Football, poems and high “The confusion adds to the “The POA are already now climbing in Dartmoor strain, anxiety, depression asking for Tasers. What next? and sense of hopelessness Rachel Billington highlights that overrides an IPP.” the National Newspaper for Prisoners & Detainees Sidearms? Rifles in conning the ups and downs of 2018 Steve Newark towers on perimeters?” a voice for prisoners since  Comment // page 16 Comment // page 28 John Podmore January 2019 / Issue No. 235 / www.insidetime.org / A ‘not for profit’ publication / ISSN 1743-7342 An average of 60,000 copies distributed monthly Independently verified by the Audit Bureau of Circulations Newsround // page 12 HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR READERS FREE TO WORK! Over four hundred businesses now registered with government to train and employ prisoners 11

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l Newly-registered l New £250,000 con- l Focus on rehabilita- businesses could join struction academy to tion through work to Knife Angel brings hope more than 300 already provide qualifications cut £15 billion cost of Sculpture known as the ‘Knife Angel’ on display at the Anglican Cathedral in working in prisons to prisoners reoffending Liverpool. The Knife Angel has been created by artist Alfie Bradley “as a national monument against violence and aggression and as a memorial to victims”. Lives which are among more than 300 around the UK al- ready seeing the benefits of employing those with a crim- inal record. MICHAEL PURDON SOLICITOR

Having registered their inter- est, the businesses will now SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED AN work with the Ministry of Jus- tice to explore how to take forward their relationship EXPERT with prisons. Justice Secre- tary David Gauke is optimis- tic about the take up. “I PAROLE - RECALL Timpson prison Barber shop academies, “coming soon” passionately believe that Credit: James Timpson building up offenders’ skills PRE-TARIFF REVIEWS Inside Time report The interested businesses and helping them into work span a range of sectors, in- encourages them to turn their cluding construction and re- backs on crime, benefiting CAT A REVIEWS-TARIFF REVIEWS One hundred and twenty tail, and they could join them and society as a whole. more businesses have come employers such as Virgin I am delighted that so many forward since the launch of Trains, DHL and Recycling businesses are recognising the government’s Education the value of giving ex-offend- NATIONWIDE SERVICE and Employment Strategy six ers a second chance and a job Founding members, serving for 3 years as months ago, which set out a - their interest sends a clear series of measures to boost message that if they work Chair and Deputy Chair of the Association prisoners’ skills while in cus- hard and behave well in of Prison Lawyers tody and improve their chances prison then real opportuni- of securing work on release. ties await them. I would en- A major focus of the strategy courage more businesses to CALL US: 0191 232 1006 is to encourage a culture consider getting involved in change within companies so © Deposit Photos our New Futures Network.” VISIT: purdonlaw.co.uk EMAIL: [email protected] that they see beyond a pris- David Gauke: “Benefiting oner’s conviction to their po- prisoners and society as a From cutting keys to cutting 7 New Square, Lincolns Inn, tential as an employee. whole.” hair page 14 LONDON: London, WC2C 3QS (BY APPOINTMENT ONLY) NEWS FLASH! England and Wales: ‘More than twice as many NEWCASTLE: Wards Buildings, 31-39 High Bridge, serving indeterminate sentences than France, Germany and Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 1EW Italy combined! Highest in Europe ‘by significant margin’. 10 2 Mailbag ‘Mailbag’, Inside Time, Botley Mills, Botley, Southampton SO30 2GB. Insidetime January 2019 insidetime Time for real education Where’s Mailbites a voice for prisoners since 1990 Brad Convoy - HMP Preston the support? The bad apples the national newspaper for prisoners published by Accessing education and constantly striving to better your- Name withheld - Phil Green - HMP Buckley Hall Inside Time Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of self should be a constant both in jail and when on the road. The New Bridge Foundation, founded in 1956 to HMP Northumberland Experience has shown me that the vast create links between the offender and the However, I’m starting to have more and more doubts that majority of prison officers are very decent, community. I have genuine concerns prisons even encourage this ethos. Most of the courses on have self-respect, respect for the job and are about being released as I A not for profit publication. offer have no real vocational use. Level 2 qualifications serve respectful to prisoners. Then there are the few will be homeless. All this Inside Time is wholly responsible for its editorial no real purpose. They have little value outside prison life megalomaniacs; they have no respect for content. Comments or complaints should be and, perhaps more importantly, they aren’t taught in such a nonsense about ‘see your anyone or anything, let alone themselves. directed to the publisher and not to New Bridge. way as to raise morale and self-worth. OMU’ or ‘speak to Shelter’ or No self-respecting, dignified officer would ‘put a general app into NE- consider carrying PAVA spray. If you see an Board of Directors It’s very important to realise that courses do not have to al- PACS’ is a waste of hot air. officer carrying PAVA spray in the future, don’t ways lead to jobs. The purpose of education is twofold, to At this prison you may as get angry; just cuddle him. Trevor Grove Former Editor Sunday Telegraph, well be talking to a brick Journalist, Writer and former Magistrate. help better your prospects, but also to improve your self- Dr Peter Bennett Trustee, New Bridge worth and exercise your mind. This requires an environment wall because nothing ever Backlash Foundation and former Governor of HMP Grendon to be fostered that encourages an eagerness to learn, the abil- happens. We get fobbed off Geoff Hughes Former Governor of HMP Belmarsh ity to be able to answer incorrectly and not be mocked, and constantly. It’s a sick joke. Evan Prevett - HMP Lewes John D Roberts Former Company Chairman and engaging courses that prisoners’ value. We do not get that. Can I just ask all of the prisoners who have Managing Director employing former prisoners Sodexo is a laughing stock, lately been writing to Inside Time with letters Louise Shorter Former producer, BBC Rough Justice On the road, if you think of what characteristics are valued Alistair H E Smith BSc FCA Chartered Accountant, and I wouldn’t be at all sur- after their names to get a grip? Congratulations, Trustee and Treasurer, New Bridge Foundation and prized you would say ‘intelligence, communication prised if the MoJ had to you’re clearly well educated and have worked skills, team-leading and strength of character’. In prison how move in and take control of hard to gain your qualifications. But there is many of these attributes are favourable? Maybe strength of this place. There is clearly something narcissistic about your need to The Editorial Team character. Instead we value strength of arm, ability to inspire not enough help for those shove this in our faces. Remember your fear or simply the size of the man. Prisoners are terrified of being discharged - espe- audience. The 90,000 prisoners who read this embarrassing themselves in front of other inmates and look- cially if they have mental paper do not care about your qualifications, ing weak. health problems. We get even less so when your letter is absolutely nothing to do with the subject your letter is about. So, the idea of getting a maths question wrong in front of kicked to the kerb and left to their classmates means they will probably stay quiet. Look at fend for ourselves, with no Erwin James John Roberts Rachel the makeup of your wing workers. I guarantee many of them accommodation, no license Caught up in the paranoia Editor in Chief Publisher and Billington OBE are educated, quieter prisoners doing unfavourable jobs, and back on the street. CK Jones - HMP Parc Director Associate Editor whereas the stronger, tougher or even sneakier prisoners My girlfriend writes to me a lot, and 3 of her have ingratiated themselves into positions of authority, made No wonder so many ex-pris- letters have been stopped due to ‘suspicion of Commercial possible by the staff who appease them in order to maker oners are being recalled/re- LSD’ in them. This, I can assure you, is obvious- Manager their own lives easier. turned to prison as our ly a mistake. I have put in 6 complaints David Roberts justice system is failing to regarding this matter and yet none have been Head of Whilst these issues exist, there will always be obstacles to help those who really need replied to. My girlfriend has been ringing the Administration education behind these bars. housing, help and support. Justine Best jail every day asking for the evidence, proof or Noel Smith Paul Sullivan Layout & Design something. Obviously if we had something to Commissioning Reporter Colin Matthews hide, I’d be putting my head in the sand and Editor Website Design waiting for it to blow over. Has anyone else and Advertising had these problems, and how do you go about Gary Bultitude sorting it out? Correspondence

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Letter of hope Save your sympathy Mailbag 2-9 ‘A product “What makes this for some of us more puzzling is of the system’ that almost all of Mark Wrightwick - HMP The Verne these latter-day A McCallum - HMP Preston Page 6 Shakespeare’s In recent months there has been much in the look like they I am a repeat offender who has struggled to British media about British nationals impris- have an IQ of break the elusive cycle. I am what you might oned in places like the UAE and Iran for room temperature call ‘a product of the system’, by which I spying. and struggle to tie mean childhood spent in the care system, their shoelaces.” later to graduate to secure units, young of- Newscasters all talk about it like the foreign

© Deposit Photos fenders then on to the big boys’ jails. Newsround 10-15 governments are bad, and what awful peo- “The dogs bring ple they must be to imprison Brits who are We try our best I truly believe things would have been differ- joy, companion- ent if I had been put into some sort of boot innocent. I would agree but I would also go Julie Dixon - HMP Styal ship and light camp at school-age to get me away from neg- on to say what about the innocent Brits jailed relief to those ative influences then, when I came of age, in this country? Page 14 Last September saw the women of Styal participating in Mc- who need it the straight off to the Army. But sadly, my time most.” Millan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. When it comes to for that has passed. giving to charity the women in Styal are always on top! Well “The truth is that the general public Comment 16-32 done, you always go above and beyond in supporting chari- What I do propose is a unit, somewhat like really don’t care if the innocent are “I have been out ties and helping those less fortunate than yourselves. the French Foreign Legion, where we con- sent to prison. The only difference is to work on RoTL victs could have an opportunity to clear our McMillan Coffee Morning is an event which is now widely and it worked records and the stains on our family names. if it happens in a foreign country the known and supported throughout the UK. The purpose of it perfectly … the So, the deal would be 5 years’ service where is to bring people together to raise both awareness of, and Foreign Office will try to help. If it Page 18 experience was upon completion your criminal convictions money for, the charity which supplies specially trained invaluable. I will be wiped. happens in the UK, then no one nurses to help patients who are suffering from cancer. would absolutely cares.” agree that it is a But if you commit any offences after or dur- Despite a challenging few hours when it looked like the event fundamental step ing service you will be given 5 years prison would not be going ahead, people who cared rallied round There are many innocent people in our pris- towards the gate.” time and your old criminal record reinstated. and made it possible after all. A big thank you is owed to the ons and miscarriages of justice happening in Also, if killed or injured during service you Information 33-37 kitchens for allowing the cakes to be baked at ridiculously our courts. When are the public and the gov- will be subject to the same benefits as a serv- short notice and especially to John and Mark who were very ernment going to wake up and realise that “I would like to ing soldier. patient and stayed until the job was done, meaning they did British courts are just as bad as foreign see every woman not get to go home on time - thanks guys. with criminal jus- I really believe that this will help offenders courts? tice involvement and give us hope for the future and instil have access to the Special thanks go to the women that helped with the prepa- Page 33 real pride and self-respect. Let’s face it, If you are innocent, or somebody that you transformative rations prior to the day by making decorations and advertis- what the government do to us now isn’t help- care about is, please write to your MP and power of educa- ing posters, and to those who helped on the day by selling ing is it? get him/her to ask questions in the Commons. tion.” the cakes, managing the crowds, selling raffle tickets and taking further donations. Legal 38-43 Contributing to Mailbag Legal Q&A Safer Custody was taken over for the morning and was deco- “I unsuspectingly If you would like to contribute to Mailbag, please send your letters to the rated with flags, banners and bunting which made it look every took 2 pulls on address on the left. It is very important that you ensure the following details are inch the hub of the community. Cakes and coffees were sold, what I thought on all paperwork sent to Inside Time: YOUR NAME, PRISON NUMBER & PRISON. as were bags of biscuits, bracelets and raffle tickets. There Page 43 was a roll-up. In Failure to do so will prevent us responding to you and your submission being was a tangible sense of community spirit as everyone came fact, it had Spice in withheld from publication. Please note letters for publication may be edited. together and displayed huge generosity to support a charity it. My jaw hit the which does incredible work for people suffering from an ‘Mailbag’, We will be using the new ‘Money Transfer Service’ for prize money so include floor and broke.” illness which has affected so many of us in one way or another. Inside Time, Botley Mills, your DOB on your entries. Jailbreak 44-56 The day was a huge success and approximately £900 was Botley, To avoid any possible misunderstanding, if you have a query and for whatever “My marriage is raised for a truly worthwhile cause. The winner of the raffle Southampton, reason do not wish your letter to be published in Inside Time or appear on the over. I will explain generously returned the prize so that it can be raffled off Hampshire website, or yourself to be identified, please make this clear. all in due course again. Another raffle is now being organised and bracelets SO30 2GB. but for now all I are being sold to raise more money to take us past the cov- We advise that wherever possible, when sending original documents such as legal Page 55 want to say is be eted £1000 mark. papers, you send photocopies as we are unable to accept liability if they are lost. VERY careful when dabbling in This event brought our community together and showed that We may need to forward your letter and/or documents to Prison Service HQ or spirituality, it’s the women of Styal have big hearts. Well done, you should another appropriate body for comment or advice, therefore only send informa- not something to all be very proud of yourselves. tion you are willing to have forwarded on your behalf. mess with...”

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Carrington Advert 75x265 09.2018.indd 1 22/10/2018 17:31 4 Mailbag ‘Mailbag’, Inside Time, Botley Mills, Botley, Southampton SO30 2GB. Insidetime January 2019 On the Healthcare Wire Plastic failings I’m an Adult, Get Name supplied - Me Out of Here! HMP Lewes Care ye not? Phil Jones - HMYOI Brinsford SA Swasuall - HMP Swaleside It was great to read the four I have just seen a damning report on the local news concerning ‘On the Plastic Wire’ mail- I am a 30-year old prisoner the company IC24, which runs the so-called healthcare service bags in your December who has recently transferred in this prison. From personal experience, and from the personal issue. I’m certain that these here from HMP Hewell, and experiences of my fellow inmates with this company, it is the writers are a tiny proportion I must say just like the other general opinion of all of us that this company is not very of those prisoners who are few adults here I am out- efficient at all at running the healthcare service here. Lack of concerned about the impact raged and putting in a gen- care, poor staff attitudes towards inmates, lack of training of of our lifestyles on the eral app every single day just what to do, especially when it comes to treating severe environment. requesting a transfer to any illnesses and dispensing the correct medicines. One inmate adult jail. here had to wait over two weeks to be treated and ended up I’ve been in two prisons and not seen any attempt to sort Monkey or Munkey? The mentality of most youth

being hospitalised and diagnosed with a life-changing illness © Deposit Photos offenders means it is hell in which requires constant medical care and dietary supervision. rubbish as we have to do in here. As soon as you land This inmate was then returned to the prison and had all his our own homes. On the wings everything goes in, or A funny old world you are targeted for young medication removed from him, nothing organised to suit his idiots trying to prove them- near, the same bin. In the Simon Burrows - HMP Leyhill dietary requirements. And the inmate ended up being hospital- selves to their mates, but kitchen some effort is made ised again because prison medical staff refused to issue none of them will fight you to separate cardboard but If Oxygen and Hydrogen are both highly flammable elements, prescribed medication from the GP, and once again had all his 1-on-1, so you always have at why can’t you light water which is made purely of Oxygen and medication removed from him. I feel, after seeing the report on not food waste and then it’s least 3 of them trying it on. Hydrogen? P.S. If you think the answer is because it is a liq- this company in the news, it is time the prison service did all emptied into the back of uid, so is petrol and oil! something to correct this. Either remove the company or sort it one lorry, no doubt destined I don’t believe in violence out before something more serious happens due to their lack for landfill. but if someone hits me, I’m Why do the words flammable and inflammable mean the not just going to stand and of care and competence. same thing? Almost worse than the lack take it. But here, if an adult of recycling is that little ef- strikes a YO we get charged Why did the person who first diagnosed Dyslexia make it Corporate manslaughter? fort seems to be made to re- with hitting a kid, even if it such a difficult word to spell? Name supplied - HMP Altcourse duce consumption. A large is to defend yourself. When I amount of food is wasted in was transferred here, I was Well again our so-called healthcare fails us. The old fella next Why does the abbreviation WWW for World Wide Web actually told that adults were kept in door to me was in so much pain and discomfort that the the kitchens and much more take longer to say? landing screw arranged for him to be taken to healthcare. So, is wasted on the wings. As a separate part of the jail and youth offenders in an- we got him onto a chair, got his trousers on and off he went to previously mentioned, the If Monkey and Donkey are spelt the same apart from the first other. This, however, is not healthcare. Healthcare sent him back to the wing. The next day obsession with individual letters, should Donkey not be pronounced ‘Dunkey’. the case. The only thing they another guard looks at him again in pain and discomfort, but portions, often in single con- don’t have is adults and YO’s the doctor sees him and sends him back to the wing again. Last tainers, bags or foils that are Why do we never sneeze whilst we are asleep? sharing the same cell. thing I heard he was rushed to outside hospital. When are we easily recycled if separated but still end up in the bins, If the word ‘Awe’ means great as does a bit of awe ‘Awesome’, going to get a quality of doctors and nurses in prison who care Literally 9 out of 10 youth of- is unnecessary. when something is full of awe, as in Awful, why is it then and want to do a good job? Don’t get me wrong, some are fenders want to fight with us terrible? great, but not many. If this old boy dies in the hospital after adults, though I’ve been told being treated so badly by prison healthcare, it will be a case of Clothing is an area where by staff that the reason for corporate manslaughter. misuse is endemic. How “If humans evolved from apes, why did apes mixing adults and YOs was many of us have seen prison not evolve?” to calm the YOs down and No bedside manner clothing discarded in the ease the violence. That is shower on the floor, and obviously not working. Not Tony the Tiger - HMP Wandsworth If you started at the north pole and travelled south, once you sheets and blankets used to pass the south pole, you would be travelling north again. But only do these kids have no I sometimes have to wonder exactly what the politicians mean mop up water, and towels if you start in the middle and travelled west you would go respect but they are ex- when they say that prisoners get the exact same healthcare as used to block up draughty around the world but at no stage would you start travelling tremely cheeky and can’t do those on the out? Perhaps that was the original idea, a good holes only to end up later in eastward. their bang-up either. They one and pretty hard to mess up when you think about it. But the bins. All have to be re- are shouting and banging all the reality is a lot different. Nurses, in particular, are a uniform placed from the ever-dimin- If you go to a French or Italian restaurant and order your food hours of the night. breed and so, naturally, after assimilating into the prison they ishing budget. using a French or Italian accent, they tend to appreciate your naturally turn to the uniformed guards as their natural allies. attempts at the correct pronunciation or the dish. However, Whoever thought it would be a good idea to mix kids This, naturally, makes the inmates ‘the enemy’ and they are This is wanton thoughtless- Indian and Chinese restaurants not so much. with adults was an idiot. treated with the same sneers, contempt and suspicion as they ness and lack of concern on Quite clearly this isn’t work- are treated by the majority of prison staff. I’m sure the general an institutional level. 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serviced, and repaired, such as electric, Don’t just give up If the foundations water, and gas installations. Without doing Mailbites are strong… so, the house falls into disrepair, and be- Brian Lancaster - comes unsafe. I neglected so many things HMP Channings Wood Same old story over the years, and ignored others, such as Steve - former prisoner Name withheld - HMP Perth small sparks of warning, floods of guilt, and Mistakes are sometimes A good build starts from the bottom up, so if critically, the decaying of my moral com- made, you may be denied D As a victim of violence in jail on all 3 of my previous admissions the foundations of the house are sound, pass, which allowed dark, incendiary cat, HDC, or a number of which have caused unhealed fractures and arthritis, making me there is a decent chance all will be well. My thoughts to seep into my mind, slowly build- other things that you permanently crippled, I would like to warn of the inherent danger foundations were strong, as I was fortunate ing up to unsafe levels, just waiting for a thought you may get, and of supplying these screws with weapons. They constantly moan enough to be born into a stable home envi- source of ignition. Then one day, an entirely the answer you get, or these about being ‘victims’ themselves, but not one of them would ronment, which is not a gift bestowed on all, blameless iridescent flame entered my life, refusals may be of few words. stand alone, i.e. one-to-one against even the slightest threat an issue that we must address. My Mother and combustion was instant. from an inmate. Inmate beatings are never done by one screw. and Father embraced opposite beliefs, as my If you just sit back and do These days the ‘compliance technique’ of twisting arms and legs Mother had a religious faith, whereas my Fa- As is inherent in explosions such as these, nothing, and take the an- to hear that welcome scream of agony, is overused. Even in a ther, as a scientist, saw things from a differ- many innocent passers-by were caught in swer as final, you are not suicide cell I was punched and told ‘We’ll bounce you off the ent perspective. Due to this fact, I had a the blast, which is the unforgivable tragedy representing yourself very walls’ - why? Because I complained about medical treatment. balanced upbringing, with inherited views of it all, and totally my responsibility. Fam- well. A positive and polite An animal at a vet’s surgery is treated with more compassion from both sides of the fence. So, a solid base ily, friends, strangers, and especially those way of moving forward is to than our SPS and NHS treat prisoners. was there, but it wasn’t enough. who had been entrusted to me for safe keep- ask, by application, for a ing, all were hurt and damaged in some way. copy of all documentation in Great talk “Foundations are only the start, relation to the refusal/ Evan Prevett - HMP Lewes It is of no consequence that my human abode as the structure must also be sound, knockback/decision, be- was wrecked, as that was deserved, and as I cause the answer you may In November at Lewes we had a fantastic Penned Up Festival of if the house is to remain standing surveyed the damage around me, the thing have received may have literature featuring a great many authors and speakers, over time.” that left me lost and bereft, was not seeing been made on incorrect including Jamal Khan, Dave Swann, Ruth Ware, Misha Glenny, my life reduced to rubble, but the unbearable findings, old reports, OASys Andy Thomas and many more. The event was brilliant and a great way for me and many other prisoners to get away from My structural integrity was all too easily realisation that I had no way of undoing the that are not up to date, or the daily grind of prison life. Having attended about half the tainted when exposed to the pressures and past, or helping others rebuild their lives. I misinformation and so on. It events, I can say that all of them were well attended and sensual temptations of the adult world. wandered around for a long time, picking is well worth investigating thoroughly enjoyed. So, a big thank you to all the authors and over the shattered pieces of my world, won- yourself, you have the time speakers who attended, and also a big thank you to our Internally, the house must be fit for purpose, dering whether to call it a day, and not so why not use it. librarian, Emma, and her assistant Matt for organising the event. providing an environment that creates peace bother rebuilding at all. After a while how- and positive thoughts. I spent most of my ever, I did pick away at the debris, slowly If you’re not great at reading adult life building an emotional folly, some- clearing small areas, and what I found un- and writing, see a mentor or Bring back our music! thing that looked good from the outside, but derneath, was that my foundations were still friend to help you. Get the Bee Fennell - HMP Eastwood Park there, and still strong. Therefore, although if viewed from within by a psychologist relevant PSI and look at the NPR is supposedly available for all prisons, yet we cannot would have been exposed for what it was, a there is some guilt attached to even this, I free information, use the li- access it. Now the prison has blocked our Chart Show TV (Music dangerous illusion, and unfit for purpose. have started to slowly rebuild, but this time brary, because knowledge is Channel) and replaced it with a channel called ‘Movies For everything will be done to meet the building key, and every decision Men’! In a women’s prison? It makes no sense. Music helps with With any house, even a structurally flawed code, and once done, I will maintain it, so made for you is appealable mental health, it also helps people to cope with grief, loss, one, over time things need to be checked, others never have to be at risk from me again. by you. break-ups and a large number of issues. Bring back our music!

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‘Hey lad, what you in for?’ incompetence ‘I beat an old lady up and P Wilson - HMP Whatton stole £4.92 from her purse and left her for dead’. I feel I must bring to the attention of the rul- ‘Oh well, at least you’re not a ing authorities here at Whatton that there is nonce.’ a very significant failure in one aspect of this ‘Oi mate, what you in for?’ prison’s administration. “Shut your windows!” ‘I ran a red light and hit a © Deposit Photos group of kids and didn’t It is in respect of the deplorable wait for an The conundrums of prison life stop. Then burned my car.’ inmate’s application for a telephone number

© Deposit Photos Ice cold in ‘Oh well, at least you’re not a to be added, despite it being submitted on Favourite GSP and puzzling questions nonce.’ the correct application form. I have been in- formed that, in some cases, it can take up to Oakwood The Phantom G - HMP Parc ‘Yo bruv, what you doing 3 weeks for the application to be processed. Aaron Griffiths - bird for?’ HMP Oakwood I really did laugh whilst reading ‘sing but don’t strum’ by Geoff L - HMP Nor- ‘I set fire to a house because “In this computer-aided technologi- wich in October’s issue. Mr L asked if readers had any favourite GSPs (Guitar the lad owed me money, and String paradox). Where do I start? the fire killed the family.’ cal age it beggar’s belief that a few Our basic human rights and ‘Nasty man, but at least minutes action on the part of one of needs are not being met here Whilst at Dovegate, I had all of my ceramic plates, bowls and cups removed you’re not a nonce.’ at Oakwood. For over two by staff, yet the prison has a ceramics room in the Education Department, the administration staff is denied for weeks now, half of the Cedar where we could make ceramics! I was also allowed possession of a scal- Why does there have to be a some unfathomable reason.” Houseblock has not had any pel-type craft knife. hierarchy of crime with all in-cell heating. It’s like a lot- sexual offences at the top Take the scenario of an inmate who is unable tery whether you move into In the same establishment, black tee-shirts were banned. But if you worked and then every other crime to write, as I have experienced during my a cell with heating or not. in the café in the visits room you were issued 3 black tee-shirts. beneath that, even murder? spell as a Shannon Trust Mentor, he relies People that have committed implicitly on being able to contact his loved I have spoken to other cons But Parc is a whole new level of idiot. On arrival, I had 7 football and rugby some heinous crimes seem- ones via his phone calls. It is the only ‘in- across the prison and it ap- shirts removed from possession. But if I did a football coaching course here ingly get a free ride as long stant’ way of knowing that all is well at pears that this is a common you get given a Cardiff City FC kit! as it wasn’t sexually moti- home. problem every year. I spoke vated. I just don’t get it. to management who in- I have had mains-powered hair clippers removed from possession as we are formed me that maintenance not allowed to have them. But the prison will issue mains-powered hair clip- Perhaps, for pecuniary reasons, his family pers to any inmate who identifies as a wing barber. Granted there are some of would not possess a mobile phone, as that have been emailed various those inside for sex offences would have been another way of keeping in times and replied ‘tell the Notebooks, art pads and such with wire spiral binds are banned as they say that truly deserve to be touch, providing that number was allowed prisoners to shut their we may use the wire binds to tie someone up (so forget about shoelaces, bed- there, but how can anyone by prior arrangement. windows!’ sheets and the rest). place crimes like murder/ manslaughter et al, beneath It is also an obvious fact that people can fall Now, this is a supposedly Seriously, I could give you these all day long! a sex offence like sleeping suddenly ill. Even to the point of a life or state-of-the-art prison with with an under age girl you death situation. Imagine a father, mother or underfloor heating. The met in an 18+ nightclub? It Also, I love a bloody good riddle. Having an English degree, the more chal- some other member of his beloved family prison is sneakily cutting seems like a lot of people lenging the better. Most comes by way of the scatological drivel management being struck down through some malady or costs by heating the land- look and judge other peo- issue in response to a complaint. accident. It is no good saying that the inmate ings and half of the cells ex- ple’s actions and crimes, in- concerned would perhaps be contacted pecting the heat from the stead of looking at their Over the last 10 years I have noticed that more and more people are communi- through the relevant authority. It would have landings to seep into the cating by way of puzzling questions. What makes this more puzzling is that crimes and the people that been better if he/she were able to ring home cells. But the floor and cells almost all of these latter-day Shakespeare’s look like they have an IQ of room they have affected. themselves. are seriously cold. temperature and struggle to tie their shoelaces. 99% of them can’t even seem to keep their trousers above their arses! So, how have they mastered the use At the end of the day, if This prison is one of the best I mention the foregoing because I also am of language and words I’ve never heard of? you’re in prison you’ve bro- for educational courses it of- waiting for my home phone number to be ken the law and are being fers but who wants to work added. Due to my wife changing the number Some examples - Wah Gwarn, brethren, fam, manz, squad goals, bible gray, punished for it (except those in the cold? This issue needs for a particular reason. I submitted my appli- Gucci bars, trill, hundo p, squads DM, blud clots, sus g, yard man, clap back, who are actually innocent, resolving by G4S and they of which there are many) so cation nearly two weeks ago - to no avail. I low key, ghosting, brah brah brah, OMG, LOL, LMAO, YOLO, this shit is diss- should stop cutting costs in ing, youngers, olders, ma Gs in da yards, being on fleek? why bother judging others sincerely trust that such a simple yet very ef- order to fatten their profits. when its probably better to fective move may be implemented in the very Remember, cold kills. Beats me, but there’s something there for having a degree in scatology. look at yourself first. near future.

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Letter of hope Respect D Cat places Mailbites Sean BW Parker - HMP Dartmoor for sale Star Letter of the Month J Kingscott - Killing us off? Respect is a misleadingly complicated word Congratulations to this months winner HMP Dartmoor Christopher Thiele - HMP Pentonville who receives our £25 prize and concept. The ‘respect’ of the person is a given according to the enlightenment princi- Why are prisoners dying so early? Prisoners life expectancy I applied for a space at a D ples; however, the respect that all ideas de- updates for England & Wales states that: Male, Natural Deaths: Cat prison and was told that mand is a relatively new, post-modern 2 years down from 58 to 56 years. While outside prison its 2 An inspiring success I would have to do courses phenomenon. years up from 76 to 78. Female Natural Deaths in prison - 1 year first. This is totally wrong. If Colin Campbell - HMP Frankland down from 48 to 47. While outside prison, 2 years up from 77 to you are a determinate sen- For example; I respect you, John and your 79. If they keep up this trend for the next 25 years, they will be tenced prisoner, you are not I’d like to start by saying another huge thank right to be listened to and treated in a hu- killing us in primary school. Think about that. you to all the residents on Frankland’s A, B mane manner. Am I also required to respect required to do courses. The and D wings who very kindly donated to the the fact that you defy all known science, and prison rules state ‘Determi- Food Bank Initiative (FBI) throughout the insist that the world is flat supported by ‘evi- nate prisoners are NOT re- Addicted to e-Cigs month of October 2018. Once again, this has dence’ that is available on the internet? quired to do courses’. Jay Stanley - HMP Hewell been a huge success and it has even inspired This is my first time back into prison since they implemented the other prisons to start their own FBI. If I therefore respect your person, and your Also, I have a heart condi- outrageous smoking ban, and now we are forced to use these flat earth ideas, what then of your belief tion and am prevented from silly efags. When we were allowed to smoke tobacco, we were Residents on A wing donated an impressive which you claim to ‘know’ - that there is a doing courses anyway be- allowed to smoke in court cells, police station cells and we could 360 items in July 2018 and as a result of word larger invisible, remote supernatural protec- cause of the possible stress. even smoke outside our cells. But what I would like to know is of mouth, I had requests from B and D wings tor who, in fact, is the only being who knows Yet OMU tell me that I will what gives the system the right to now get us addicted to efags? wishing to get involved in the next one. So, why John is on this wing? not get a D Cat place until I And then, when we are at court all day, getting stressed out and instead of running it in November (which is have completed the courses. they won’t allow any prisoner to take an efag? You get us too close to Christmas for some to donate in It feels like too much of a stretch to assume For each prisoner, OMU gets addicted to these things and then refuse us the use of them at here) I decided to hold it throughout the that John has been a ‘victim’ of child abuse, £500+ per course. stressful times. You lot are nothing but control freaks. month of October, incorporating A, B and D when so many of his fellow seven billion wings. I am extremely pleased to announce contemporaries have therefore also been. So, The OMU insist I do 4 that this has been the best one yet, with a Frustrated by lack of action if it is pushing it to insist on this, where does courses, this will take 2 massive 532 items from A wing, 63 from B belief in science (a spherical earth with no Jake Morris - HMP Wymott years to complete, so I won’t wing and 50 from D wing. As well as that, a god figures) meet with current vogue theo- get to a D Cat because of the I am currently collecting, and logging plastic canteen bags resident on A wing donated a cheque for ries of identity politics, and by extension po- time wasted doing courses. every weekend in order to help end plastic wastage for the £150 and as the charity wrote him a thank litical correctness - and, that word again Plus, they’ll make £2000+ world we live in. The CM has agreed to reward us with a toaster you letter, he donated another £150. He likes (psychological) abuse? to donate to various charities; however, he out of me! OMU are outside to the landing that collects the most each week. That landing rarely gets any response. The answer on both sides of the wall would contractors who have to can use the toaster for a week till the next landing wins, and so appear to be a compassionate, tolerant sus- make profits so as to go on on. Apparently, the rewards will get better in the future. The Then, following my letter being printed in pension of disbelief. In the life of the wings, existing. Surely this needs CM has ordered the toasters as I have seen them in the store the August issue of Inside Time, I received a this is essential for a peaceful, harmonious police or government inves- room, but we have not yet been issued them and we are now in letter from a resident of the PIPE unit at HMP life (presumably easier in category C rather tigation. This cannot be the 20th week of this agreement. We are doing our part, how Gartree, requesting how he could go about than B prison). There are many characters, right. about the system does its part? starting his own initiative there. I sent him however, who have no time for the reflection all the marketing material and proposals I of truth with the patience required of the used here, so hopefully he has managed to practise of this kind of approach to others. get one going. Here’s the tricky part - the intolerant require On top of that, some residents have had Sen- respect too. But is that then actual respect, tence Plans since the introduction of the FBI or fear of offending them? Because that of- and have had their input and support of the fence can lead to intimidation, grudges and FINANCE DIRECT LIMITED initiative acknowledged at their meetings. violence. 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PAVA madness Dangerous environment Mailbites Spike - HMP Wandsworth BH - HMP Littlehey Acting like Gods What on earth is going on in prisons regard- Johnny Waddington - I write this after reading that prison staff are ing Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT). HMP Wandsworth to be given PAVA spray as a ‘weapon’ against Well, here is what is happening, and this is prisoners. Having been in prison for 19- my experience. I am currently serving my years, and lived in 15 different prisons, I can license at Wandsworth and see this decision made by Prisons Minister Prisons give out patches along with inhalers during my recall I have noticed, Rory Stewart going very wrong and people and lozenges weekly. I’m sure that there are not just at Wandsworth but getting really hurt. And that’s not due to the prisoners in Wandsworth that do want to Wormwood Scrubs as well, use of this spray. quit smoking and use the patches as they are the treatment I receive when intended, but, after being here for 3 months, collecting medication. It’s Some prison staff, which includes CMs, SOs I have personally spoken to around 40 pris- almost as if these members of and Governors like to abuse their positions oners, and not one of them are using patches staff have in their job by way of bullying, intimidation and a bla- in the correct way. They are all smoking description that they must sit Offending behaviour to the ears tant disregard for the rules of HMP, or the them by cutting them up and mixing them and frown and act as if you’ve © Deposit Photos law. Why? Because they can, due to having with tea granules and rolling it in bible asked them for their bank each other’s backs so that no negative conse- paper. details instead of a couple of Noisy but measured response quences can come back to bite them on their paracetamol. Medication is a behinds. The amount of toxins that are being smoked serious thing and I have Steve - former prisoner from the paper alone is outrageous, let alone witnessed and experienced, I have witnessed numerous assaults on pris- the toxins from the glue and plastic that are on more than one occasion, In response to the letter in November’s issue titled “Stop the oners by staff, including staff mentioned above, contained within the patch. This NRT that is altercations with the meds- effing noise”, I can only wholeheartedly agree and empathise with no action taken by higher authorities. given is costing £20 per week per prisoner, hatch staff, and as a result with the writer, as noise pollution added unnecessary stress Which only leaves a bitter taste in the which amounts to a fortune and the prison- have seen prisoners refused to my sentence too. mouths of those who witness these assaults. ers are facing a far more dangerous health medication. These staff can risk than smoking tobacco. unilaterally decide not to I believe the excessive volume is a drug of sorts, a fix to It must be highlighted that the prisoners, on issue your meds, no doctors numb the senses, and therefore subdue the emotionally the whole, did not act in any way threatening This surely needs to be changed, and involved just a decision by painful thoughts within their minds. I believe it is not only a or aggressive and these assaults were done quickly, as prisoners believe that the nico- meds-hatch staff. It is always way of communicating all the anger they feel regarding their simply because the member of staff was tine within the patch is giving them the hit, the prisoner who suffers. situation, but may also be a primeval protective strategy, as ‘having a bad day’. This is not acceptable be- but it is the ‘non-smokable’ paper along with it’s well known that loud noises can be employed to induce haviour from someone that should be lead- the plastic and glue that is doing it. Prisoners Help is waiting fear, so the message could be, “Don’t mess with me!”. The ing by example. might as well be smoking the tea-bag gran- Alexander Rolland - problem is of course, when the guy next door comes out of ules in plastic-lined Quaker oats packs. HMP Whatton his cell sleep deprived, if he is so inclined, that is exactly As John Podmore, former Governor of HMP what he will do. Brixton, rightly pointed out, and this should Also, lighters have been banned in prisons, With reference to ‘Essential be taken on board by Rory Stewart - ‘Prisons which has led to prisoners adapting vape Changes Needed’, sent in to I sense there is a critical underlying benefit to challenging run on cooperation; they do not run on pens which allows them to be used as light- Mailbag by Jonathan such behaviour that is on the whole ignored. Offenders of all coercion’. ers in which the coil heats up, with tissue Goodliffe, a charity worker. I types, myself included, generally have one thing in common, then placed on the hot coil, which I have wit- have a visitor who comes to that is, a lack of empathy or regard for others, even if it was So, when staff are ‘having a bad day’ they nessed. This can cause a two-foot flame see me in prison and also solely within their offending behaviour. It is about respect will be spraying PAVA around as freely as which has led to prisoners throwing the tis- writes to me fortnightly. But I and choice, as when we choose to force our choices on oth- they put the boot, stick and fists about at the sue and it is catching light to other materials don’t know his address, only ers, our respect for humanity has gone. If you will pardon the moment. This could lead to another Strange- in the cell. This is a fire hazard. Also, kettle that he lives down South and pun, we have a captive audience within prison, and by way ways, and I for one would not like to see that wires are being cut to get a spark in order to in the countryside. For his of discussing, challenging, and zero tolerance policing of an- happen. light these Frankenstein cigarettes. This first visit all I did was to put ti-social behaviour such as this, we may be able to cut could kill a prisoner in an instant if they get his full name and date of birth through to the core of this inherent negative trait many of- I just see this PAVA as another weapon that electrocuted and the kettle has water in it at on the visit form, and, as for fenders share. staff can abuse. And they will. the same time. This is extremely dangerous. his address I put to New Bridge, 1A Elm Park, London My fear is, whilst we concentrate solely on interventions, that SW2 2TX. After that he books in the main, make up a relatively short and educationally Corrections and Clarifications his own visits on the internet. condensed period of time within a sentence, we neglect the The policy of Inside Time is to correct significant errors as soon as possible. Corrections will All my letters go to New opportunities to rehabilitate behaviour on a daily basis. 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on. Non-fictional broadcasting is also rife Whiter than white Letter of hope In full judicial with it; it is a rare edition of Woman’s Hour for example that does not include some Parole Board item about women being ill-treated by Name supplied - HMP Rye Hill Buddhist Remembrance Memorial agreement men. Sarah Williams - HMP Styal A prisoner’s mother Caroline Corby, the new Chair- The historic element of charges brought woman of the Parole Board On the Thursday prior to Remembrance Sunday, Styal’s Bud- I read with great interest and empathy the against men is frightening. The investiga- has said it is a significant con- dhist service had a different format to its usual one. In the run item in Outside Voices in your October tion into my daughter in law’s death was cern that none of its 240 mem- up to the 100-year anniversary of the end of WWI, a number issue: ‘What passes for justice’, criticising instigated by a previous friend of hers who bers is black. She also said of participants from the Buddhist service had expressed an our flawed jury system. Why is it that went to the police to say that ten years ear- just 13 members of the Board interest in doing something to commemorate the event. trained magistrates and judges, whose lier, she had been told there had been some was from an ‘ethnic minority’. abilities and intelligence are tested, rule in violence in the relationship. My son readily Saying; ‘We all know the lack The altar was decorated with a simple white cloth and con- courts where more minor misdemeanours admits that this is true but that it was re- of BAME within the criminal tained only a Buddha and some candles; this was in stark are in question but, when it is a question of solved. The police investigated thoroughly, justice system is a disgrace, contrast to the brightly coloured cloths, pictures and plants the most serious crimes it seems to be ac- interviewing numerous friends, relatives, there should be a greater di- which would normally be present. The altar had a simple cepted that anyone, whatever their preju- colleagues and neighbours of both parties versity within the CJS. It is a beauty and provided a focal point. dices, attention span, intelligence and and finding nothing untoward. Neither disgrace that we still have such background, is ideal for the job? was there anything in medical records to low figures for BAME workers Carol (our Buddhist chaplain) explained that there would be indicate injuries. This is where the matter within the CJS. After all these prayers as normal, but then instead of the usual talk relating My daughter in law died in a tragic domes- should have been dropped. Indeed, the years it is time things changed’. to Buddhism we would talk about family members who had tic accident and my son was charged with judge at trial disallowed any evidence of been involved in the world wars or those who had been affected her murder. He was found guilty by the the earlier problems, ruling that they were But this is also about BAME by them. She talked briefly of her own experiences and then jury of manslaughter. This was at the end historic, isolated and irrelevant. representation in the whole in- invited those who wished to speak about their families and of a three-week trial with hours on end of dustry - Courts, police, Parole loved ones; many women had recollections of grandparents highly technical evidence on both sides. I But convictions for domestic abuse must be Board, Prison Staff all have and great grandparents and recounted some of their stories. do not believe that any of the twelve jurors at the same premium as those for sexual the lowest visibility. The CJS understood the evidence in its entirety. crimes and must earn more ticks in boxes is still not seen as a go-to em- Following on from this, some beautiful poppies had been cut or whatever. A conviction had to be got, at ployer by the BAME commu- out and the women were able to write sentiments to loved The author also wrote of a ‘witch-hunt’ in any cost. And the cost to the public purse nity. The MacPherson Inquiry ones and those who had lost their lives or been affected by the case of allegations of sexual crimes. I as well as to the men targeted is enormous. into the death of Stephen Law- war. The poppies were then placed on the altar and a healing could not agree more, and matters have now The defence produced several expert wit- rence back in 1999, specifically circle was formed. After this a number of people performed reached a point where no man is safe from nesses who showed that it was equally dealt with the role of well-in- Buddhist bows and offered incense as a list of names of peo- this sort of accusation. He is immediately likely that my daughter in law had died as tentioned racism in perpetrating ple to remember was read out; accompanying this was the believed guilty such is the hysteria created the result of an accident, but the prosecu- historic problems and failures sounding of a gong and the atmosphere was quiet, sombre by the media. There is another witch-hunt tion persisted, eventually going to the USA of a colour-blind approach. and very respectful. going on, however, this is the domestic vio- to find someone who would back their fic- lence issue. When everyone had paid their respects, Carol played a DVD tional narrative. While the CJS enjoy their col- our-blindness, people of eth- which explained a lot of the events prior to the beginning of nic backgrounds are getting WWI and gave interesting details on the political, economic “We seem to live in a society where The jury, I believe, so used to the idea of on with having no choice but and social circumstances of this period of history. The women men hurting and abusing women, readily it is assumed that any man is likely to live with the reality of insti- were very interested in the information given as it allowed accepted that this was yet another case of to be a domestic abuser, a sexual tutional racism within the sys- them to develop a well-rounded view of the events and the the same thing. predator/paedophile or possibly tem. The fact that BAME reasons behind them. Everybody watched the DVD in silence people reveal the prejudice and when it finished, they were keen to ask questions. The Give us a police force that truly investi- both.” they face is testament to the session was educational, interesting and thought-provoking gates, without prejudice and without being extent that it exists and to and was enjoyed by everyone who attended. hell-bent on convictions, and give us peo- Domestic and sexual abuse are so common simply suggest that they are ple to judge the evidence who have the nec- in our fictional media: detective dramas, ‘playing the victim’ is posi- “At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will re- soap operas, serials, literary fiction and so essary intelligence and training to do so. tively offensive. member them.”

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They are gency workers However, in the same period 543 people on convicted subject to monitoring and restrictions on IPPs were recalled. Lord Burnett of Maldon, the Lord Chief Justice of England and release, and continue to serve their sentence The government have passed Wales, has warned Members of Parliament that defendants for the rest of their lives. They can be Life sentences legislation to create a new may end up being wrongly convicted because there is a lack of returned to custody if they break these terms. 7,088 people are currently in prison serving a ‘triable either way offence’ resources for forensic investigations. Giving evidence to the life sentence. Over half (52%) had a tariff of (magistrates’ or Crown Indeterminate Sentence for Public 10-20 years, a quarter had over 20 years and Court) of assault or battery Justice Select Committee, last month, he said it was ‘critical’ Protection (IPP) one in five (20%) had 10 years or less. Over a committed against an that forensic investigations were carried out where they were Despite its abolition in 2012, nearly nine in 10 quarter of people (27%) currently in prison on emergency worker as ‘reasonably needed’. It wasn’t only innocent people being people (89%) serving an IPP sentence are still a life sentence have already served their defined in the Act. The convicted but, he said, it worked both ways and guilty people in prison despite having passed their tariff minimum tariff. People serving mandatory maximum penalty for the may not get convicted. His comments were made as the Justice expiry date - the minimum period they must life sentences are spending more of their new offence is 12 months Committee considered the on-going problem of the failure of spend in custody and considered necessary sentence in prison. 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Registration No. 424940. 0121 236 9781 Derbyshire SK13 8DA Insidetime January 2019 www.insidetime.org Newsround 11 Looking Knife crime Back... offences rise to highest level through the Inside Time archives The number of knife and offensive weapon offences January 2009 rose to its highest level since 2010 in the past year, according to the Ministry of Justice. “Together we can defeat violence” The criminal justice system in England and Wales dealt ‘Enough is enough!’ with 21,381 such offences in the year ending in September. Prince Charles calls for end to gang violence as he’s joined in Clarence House by son Harry, Tom Hardy, Gareth Southgate and The figures show a huge increase in the numbers of Islam not the religion Tinie Tempah to meet families devastated by bloodshed repeat offenders as more and of hatred Prince Charles and his son Harry have Participants included the parents of more young people turn to “As an adherent of Islam, and joined forces to try and “make a dent” Jimmy Mizen, who was murdered in knives to protect themselves. a devout Muslim, I am seriously in the “unacceptable” levels of knife 2008, and the mother of Joshua Ribera, worried about the spread of crime killing young people in the UK. killed at a memorial for another Eighty-two percent of repeat extremism within the prison They invited experts, former gang friend who had been stabbed in 2013. offenders received a system. Firstly, because it members, bereaved families, At least three of the young represent- custodial sentence in the Liverpool, “Proud to host Knife Angel” presents a serious threat to Credit: brianmasonphotography.co.uk celebrity supporters and charity atives have survived being stabbed year to September, with 63% the peaceful coexistence of bosses to discuss solutions to the or shot themselves, with others receiving immediate prison Muslims and nonMuslims crime wave that has seen 131 people losing friends to knife crime. terms. The proportion sent within the prison system; killed in London already this year. straight to prison has risen Knife crime art there have already been The Palace said that both father and Former gang member Omar Sharif, from around half prior to the Sculpture to heal brings several bloody fights between son had come up with the idea to who grew up surrounded by crime introduction of the “two Muslims and non Muslims host the meeting with the help of the was recently awarded the Pride of strikes” legislation. hope to Hope Street which have seriously under- Prince’s Trust. Britain Prince’s Trust Young Achiever mined good relationships of the year award. At the meeting he “Custodial sentences are The ‘Knife Angel’ was created by artist Alfie between the two communi- Prince Charles said: “We should say thanked Prince Charles personally, now at the highest level they Bradley at the British Ironworks Centre in ties. Secondly, it is defaming enough is enough. This time, we are saying: “Thank you for what you’ve have been. However, the Shropshire and is a memorial to those whose the good religion of Islam..” really going to make a dent in this for set up because it saved my life.” proportion of offences lives have been affected by knife crime. Mailbag - address supplied the sake of so many young and so resulting in a caution is at many families. That should be our Speaking afterwards, the parents of the lowest level it has ever The sculpture is 27ft high and weighs five Release of knife crime aim. This is a thing which seems Jimmy Mizen, Barry and Margaret, been,” the report said. and a half tons and is currently located figures criticised unacceptable, frankly.” said they were hopeful that the outside the Anglican Cathedral, on Hope meeting would lead to real progress. The figures were published “Statistics watchdog Sir Michael Street in Liverpool. (The other cathedral in Charles founded his charity 42 years Mr Mizen said: “The more we can as London’s homicide rate Scholar rebuked ministers for Liverpool is the Catholic cathedral - both are ago and revealed he did so after listen to the experiences of those reached its highest level in a the “premature, irregular and connected by Hope Street.) feeling concerned that “there was no involved in youth violent crime - the decade. Taking the tally to selective” release of data real means for recognising and perpetrators, the victims and the 131, the highest level since relating to knife crimes. The marking the transition between victims’ families - the more we can 2008 with three weeks of the “Alfie designed it and built it single- figures, which were given to childhood and adulthood”. learn about how to prevent it. This is year still left. The figure handedly with 100,000 knives the BBC, suggested that there why today is important, because includes at least 75 stab- surrendered and collected in nation- had been a sharp fall in the Speaking of how things could people are listening.” bings and 13 shootings. number of teenagers caught improve, he told his guests: “I have wide amnesties in 2015/2016.” carrying knives, and in also noticed that a lot of the young Asked how much difference the royal The Met commissioner, hospital admissions because were fed up or weren’t suited to the could make to the issue, Omar Sharif Cressida Dick, said the tide The statue is touring the country but has of knife wounds, in areas academic sausage machine. said: “I think it’s massive. As he was turning against knife particular resonance in Liverpool, its first targeted by police.” [Prince Charles] always says, we [the and gun offences, although stop, where there were over 900 crimes Newsround “We need to find better ways of participants] are the experts. They’re she admitted it would take involving knives last year. “It’s taken more helping people in that adolescent great at listening, and this is about more time to tackle the than a year and a half,” says Alfie, “taking all Paying back transition period to take part in some listening to the nation, hearing about estimated 180 violent gangs the weapons from around the UK, bleaching “The government has exciting, adventurous, constructive, the position that they’re in and how in London who drag them, blunting them, separating them by introduced a mandatory sometimes risky if you get past they can help.” children into crime, and the colours, sizes. A lot of people don’t realise requirement that all offenders health and safety, opportunities. Trusting the Prince page 34 root causes. the thought process, how much thought has undertaking Community gone into it. So the whole body has got Payback, formerly Unpaid Scotland is showing how to win the fight against knife crime knives… sticking out, so it creates a lovely Work or Community Service, shine when its lit up at night-time. The must wear a distinctive In December, MPs in the House of Commons debated the gang. You will be going to prison for a long time.’ different coloured handles are placed in a the merits of a Scottish public health model to tackle orange high visibility vest with certain area, so it looks right - and the the epidemic of knife crime and serious violence that But at that point the intervention at the court took a a Community Payback logo feathers as well, and the wings, are put in a continues to spread across England and Wales. In more creative and holistic approach. They spoke on the front and the words certain place.” ‘Community Payback’ on the 2005, Scotland started treating knife crime as a public about the injuries seen as a result of the violence and back” health issue - and violence plummeted. The Scottish had a Mum talk about losing her son. Finally, they model has become the envy of the world, with violent were offered a way out. There was help with housing, Rob Jackson is part of an emergency response Newsround crime reaching a 40-year low in the past few years. relocation, employment and training. They were team and is a Nurse Clinician. “When I given a number to call if they wanted to take the offer started at the Royal in 1997, if we dealt with a Leaving prison vulnerable Strathclyde police set up a violence reduction unit up. Huge numbers of them did so and were put into stabbing it was talked about for weeks and “Prisoners with mental health (VRU) in an effort to address a problem that had the programme, and are no longer in the gang lifestyle. weeks,” he says, “Now its not on peoples problems are being released made Glasgow, in particular, notorious. They identified radars. Equally important is to remember that without homes to go to, those people most likely to offend and asked them to In London and the West Midlands, public health 99 percent of the people in our community families to support them or voluntarily attend the sheriff’s court. When people approaches are taking hold. But a national crisis such don’t engage in this behaviour. There is an jobs, a report from Sainsbury got there they saw their own pictures up in the court. as this also requires a national response. Young increase in people engaging in this behaviour Centre for Mental Health has The session started off with a warning: ‘We know people are dying in towns and cities across the land across the country, but we’re proud to bring concluded.” who you are and if you carry on with this lifestyle and we need change quickly. Violence is preventable, the Angel to Liverpool.” Newsround we’re going to arrest you and we’ll arrest the rest of not inevitable. Knife victims page 26 12 Newsround www.insidetime.org Insidetime January 2019 Crunching the numbers Calls to cancel PAVA Spray rollout Prison population and workforce figures for 2018 Analysis for the PRT of 50 incidents says l Almost a quarter involved unsafe use, for example in confined spaces, at height, Wales was £22,933. In Scotland the average at point blank range or hitting the wrong annual cost per prison place was £35,325 and prisoner or a prison officer; in Northern Ireland it was £53,408. l Almost a quarter could have been resolved by other means - so PAVA was Spray pilot, “No sound evidence” it works not deployed as a last resort; Workforce Credit: BBC l A third involved use without appropriate The Ministry of Justice has published Following the decision to issue all public justification, for example to enforce orders statistics for its workforce, as of 30 September prison staff with PAVA Sprays (also known as rather than to prevent serious harm. 2018, which show that the number of staff Pepper Sprays) the Prison Reform Trust (PRT) leaving continues to rise and, over the year to has now urged ministers to cancel the idea a perceived threat and Rebecca Hilsenrath, September stood at 9.1% overall, but 10.4% because, they say, despite prison staff being chief executive of the Equality and Human © prisonimage.org/Library image amongst band 3-5 prison officers. However, told it was only to be used in an emergency Rights Commission, agreed there was no the Ministry of Justice say that, as of where there was no other means to end conflicts, sound evidence to support the roll-out. She said: Prisoners September 2017, there were 22,319 band 3-5 the PRT say PAVA Spray use contravened the “We agree that it is of the highest importance Government statistics show that during 2018 officers, which is the highest number since guidelines in almost two thirds of cases; they that prison officers are able to protect the average UK prison population was July 2012. say: “The use of PAVA very rapidly became a themselves and others, but such protections around 92,500; that includes around 7,600 in regular part of how routine incidents were must not be at the expense of the basic rights Scotland and 1,500 in Northern Ireland. Over the last year, 6,060 band 3 officers were dealt with.” of prisoners. Everyone has the right to live appointed. In total, the HMPPS staff count without fear of inhumane treatment.” Of the people in prison, the majority are stood at 48,840 (this includes all HMPPS Examples of inappropriate use included staff, including 9,574 full time equivalent A spokesman for the Prison Service said there British nationals at 89%. Just over 25% of l Use against a prisoner who was harming [FTE] working in the public probation was no evidence to suggest PAVA was used prisoners were from non-white ethnic groups. himself; service). Full Time Equivalent is based on unlawfully during the pilot and it would be This figure has been constant since 2005. l An inmate with mental health problems hours - so two people working half-time is wrong to imply that cases of misuse were sprayed 3 times in 10 mins, including at point The prison populations are aging - in 2002 equivalent to 1 FTE post. Nearly 40% of band ignored. Only officers who had completed blank range through a flap in his cell door; specialist training were allowed to carry the 16% were under the age of 21 compared with 3-5 officers had less than 3 years’ experience. l An officer spraying the wrong prisoner and spray, adding that the aim was not to reduce 6% in 2018 and the number over the age of 50 a colleague attempting to intervene in a fight; In the year ending 30 September 2018, violence “but to reduce the harm that can went from 7% in 2002 to 16% in 2018. This is l Use of the spray on a prisoner who had HMPPS staff lost an average of 9.4 working occur during violence”. partly due to longer prison sentences in 2018 jumped on to the safety netting between than in 2010, with 46% being over 4 years days to sickness absence. The most common the floors. compared with 33% in 2018. category of sickness absence in terms of days Speaking to the BBC, former prison governor lost is mental and behavioural disorders, John Podmore said there was “a real risk the The PRT warns that the use of PAVA risks In May 2018, 58% of prisons in England and which includes stress related absences. In the pepper sprays will be turned on the officers”. undermining trust between prisoners and Wales were overcrowded and the average last year, 32.8% of absences were for mental He added: ” The POA are already now asking prison officers and could lead to an escalation direct annual cost per prisoner in England and and behavioural disorders. for Tasers. What next? Sidearms, rifles in in violence as prisoners arm themselves against conning towers on perimeters?”

Fighting for the Rights of Vulnerable Immigration Detainees in Prison Vulnerable immigration detainees in prison are not given the same rights as those held in immigration removal centres. Duncan Lewis Solicitors are leading a challenge to address the Home Office’s failure to provide safeguards for potentially vulnerable immigration detainees held in the prison estate, which could find them unsuitable for detention. Solicitors Our Challenge Vulnerable detainees held in immigration removal centres can be identified Our specialist team of prison immigration solicitors are as unsuitable for detention under a Rule 35 assessment. This includes: currently bringing a judicial review on behalf of a claimant who was held under immigration powers in prison. Whilst in prison he disclosed that he was a victim of torture, but since there is no • Victims of torture obligation on medical staff to report torture or health concerns • Modern slavery victims to the Home Office, he remained in detention. • Victims of trafficking • Those with mental health problems We have submitted to the High Court that this is unlawful discrimination, as it breaches Article 14 of the European If you believe you fall under any of these categories, we want to hear from Convention on Human Rights and the Equality Act. you, as you may be eligible to join our challenge.

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700,000 sexually assaulted last year Iowa bans pornography Mini mobile World prison review for prisoners The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimated ban call 58 prisoners in Iowa (USA) are that approximately 700,000 adults aged 16 to 59 years had suing the state for $25,000 experienced sexual assault in the 12 months prior to being An MP, Neil O’Brien, has each in damages, claiming interviewed. This is equivalent to 2.1% of the population aged called for the sale of the they have been denied a 16 to 59 years. The majority of victims were female, with so-called ‘Prison Phones’ to constitutional right to approximately 560,000 female victims and 140,000 male be banned in the UK. His call pornography in the state’s victims. The volume of sexual offences recorded by the police came after he was contacted prison system. The lawsuit has almost tripled in recent years. However, these increases by staff at HMP Gartree and seeks to overturn a new state largely reflect improvements in police recording and more says he is particularly victims being willing to report. The number of offences recorded law that has closed designat- concerned about the way the by the police remains well below the number of victims. Of ed ‘pornography reading small devices are being the offences that do come to the attention of the police, many rooms’ in Iowa’s prisons, by marketed on online retail don’t progress further through the criminal justice system. which, in a special room, websites, like eBay and prisoners were issued with Amazon, explicitly to make Hidden stash explicit books which they Protect rape Abolition of juries them attractive to prisoners could read only in that room. victims’ data in rape cases under the labels “HMP (Her Silver coin haul found in Bulgarian prison Majesty’s Prison) Phones” Prisoners farming in a Bulgarian prison found a massive hoard The law also prohibits of silver coins from the Ottoman Empire in two broken pots. prisoners from having nude Campaigners are calling for Ann Coffey MP has told and “Beat the Boss” phones. The 7,046 silver coins weighing over 8kg are thought to have photos in their cells. The an investigation into police Parliament that she thinks been buried in the 19th century and were just 30cm below the The phones are on sale at lawsuit also contends that if demands to access mobile juries should be scrapped in surface. It is thought the coins were collected over many years around £20 and are claimed female staff employed in phone data and personal rape trials in order to gain because they are from various coin issues. Bulgaria was invaded to be able to be undetected records of people alleging more convictions. She said: by the Ottoman Empire in the 14th century. Iowa’s prisons for men can’t they have been raped. At “Juries view evidence through by body scanners; in prisons handle photographic matter present the police and the lens of prevailing stereo- it is claimed they can be featuring female nudity and Law suit record for US Jailed for opening prosecution only have types which shape the views worth up to £500. After prisoner a packet of crisps related matters “they should unlimited access to an of society. There is still a raising the issue with Prisons Dale Maisano holds the A woman in the Irish Republic find employment elsewhere”. accuser’s personal data but dominance of rape myths in Minister Rory Stewart he told record for the most law suits has been sentenced to four women have been told that our culture, including that a local newspaper filed by an individual. He months in prison for opening Poacher ordered by judge unless they give access to woman who has drunk a lot Leicestershire Live: “It is writes them all by hand and a packet of Pringles crisps, in to watch Bambi once a their data nobody will be cannot complain if she is important that we do not then posts them to a federal a Tesco store, before paying month in jail charged. Big Brother Watch, raped or that it is only rape if allow manufacturers and courthouse in Tennessee. He for them. The sentence a privacy campaigning someone has injuries or that A judge has ordered an online retailers to add to has averaged nearly one per comes nearly two years after organisation, say that ‘victims’ real rapes are done by American poacher to what is already a growing day for the last 30 years. In she was charged with of any other crime are not strangers in alleyways. repeatedly watch the film problem for our highly-dedi- 2018 he filed more than 300 criminal damage for opening asked to give unlimited Research shows that stereo- “Bambi” after hundreds of cated prison officers. Large which accounted for over the packet of crisps. Police access to their personal data types about how rape victims deer were illegally killed and online retailers are profiting 60% of the civil rights suits said, in court, the pregnant including photos, texts, are expected to behave beheaded. David Berry Jr, from a trade which is really the courthouse received. His woman had been banned emails, call logs, web remain prevalent in society was told he must view the aiding and abetting criminal most productive year was from the store when she took browsing data and videos. - and by extension in juries.” activity. They should stop 2014, when he filed over the Pringles and headed to animated Disney classic at selling these phones.” 3,600 suits. The courthouse the self-checkout area. least once each month during Data tampering quashes convictions attorney says: “We are putting Security staff approached her a jail sentence of one year. Responding, Rory Stewart the same amount of care and to order her to leave the store The movie includes an iconic More than 40 people have had criminal convictions quashed told the Commons: “We attention into every one of and that is when she opened scene in which a hunter following an investigation into alleged data tampering at a his cases.” Mr Maisano has the top and foil seal. Police shoots the fawn Bambi’s forensics lab, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) has must crack down on people who are selling them but admitted most of his filings said that she replied: “I mother. Conservation agents said. The NPCC’s forensics lead, Chief Constable James are mere ‘nuisance suits’, opened it so you have to let Vaughan, said the drug-driving prosecutions had been more than that we have to called the poaching case one get the processes right in intended to annoy the justice me pay for it”. It was not fit of the biggest in the history reversed following fresh testing. So far some 2,700 cases have system so that officials pay for resale and although the prisons - investing in more of the state. Don Trotter, the been re-analysed out of more than 10,500 identified as attention to what he de- woman wanted to buy the sniffer dogs to pick up the prosecutor, said: “The deer potentially being affected by data manipulation at Randox scribes as lacklustre food and crisps she had no permission phones, investing in better Testing Services (RTS). The laboratory was used by 42 of the health care in federal prisons. to be in the store. Sentencing were trophy bucks taken scanners and having the UK’s 43 forces. Currently serving a 15-year her the judge said it was illegally, mostly at night, for morale, the confidence and The results of the investigation were described as a “national sentence, officials hope that difficult to see her actions as their heads, leaving the the training of the staff to scandal” with a “devastating impact” by a lawyer seeking when he is released in anything but “smart Alec bodies of the deer to waste.” challenge prisoners and damages for 35 of the 40. “People have lost their driving February he will stop. behaviour”. The Telegraph inspect cells and stop this licences, and as a result lost their employment, struggled to stuff being smuggled in.” pay bills such as mortgages and rents, and some have been Gender abuse woman sues Florida police chief framed black people unable to travel to see their families and children,” added A woman from the Dominican Republic is The former chief of police for a Florida (USA) Credit: Leicestershire Live Andrew Petherbridge, of Hudgell Solicitors. suing a prison in Florida (USA) after she was city has been sentenced to three years in accused of being transgender and thrown into prison for framing black people for crimes a male prison. The arresting officer said she they did not commit in order to boost his c was female but medical staff claimed she was M IVOR . FARRELL departments crime solving statistics. Three . male. When she pleaded with officers not to Northern Irish Solicitors other police officers also pleaded guilty to the put her in a male prison they allegedly told offences. Prosecutors told how the people • Criminal Appeals (Sentence or Conviction) her: “You are a woman - good luck if you are WE’RE HERE TO HELP were specially selected because they had • Parole Hearings alive tomorrow.” She was only rescued when Please call us on her family travelled to the prison to question previous convictions, were falsely arrested • Proceeds of Crime/Confiscation Hearings 028 9023 7053 or 028 9032 4565 the decision. She claims prison officials laughed and then framed for offences such as • Police Interviews under PACE throughout or write to us at and took photos of her as she undressed. burglaries. NI and in Prisons 129 Springfield Road • All Criminal Defence Cases Belfast BT12 7AE Jailed for being in possession of candy floss • Judicial Review & Human Rights Cases A woman in the USA is suing a two police officers and the manufacturer of roadside tests for IT’S THAT SIMPLE!! • Family Law crystal meth after she spent nearly four months in prison because police mistook a bag of candy • Injury Claims within the Prison floss for crystal meth. Police stopped her car and described a bag of candy floss as ‘blue crystal- • Welfare Issues like substance’. Police say a roadside test showed it to be crystal meth and she was held in prison • Prison Visits Arranged within 24hrs with a $1million bond, which, surprisingly, she could not pay. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation finally tested the bag, declaring it to be - candy floss. It took another month for all charges to be [email protected] www.mcivorfarrell.co.uk dropped. It turns out that the blue food colouring in the candy can cause roadside tests to prove positive for crystal meth. Her lawyers are asking for punitive damages and court fees. 14 Newsround // Local Prison News www.insidetime.org Insidetime January 2019

Good Prison News HMPs Parc and Newsbites Wakefield gain Anti-corruption boss jailed for - corruption autism accreditation The anti-corruption boss at HMP Forest Bank has been jailed for - corruption. Through his job he had full access to every part of the prison. He used that access to steal electrical items After an intensive inspection process and such as games consoles, CDs and DVDs which were delivered hundreds of hours of specialist training, the to the prison for re-packaging in the Industrial Work Section. National Autistic Society (NAS) has awarded The officer and a colleague were responsible for searching bags its prestigious ‘Autism Accreditation’ to of items sent to the prison before they were passed to prisoners HMP/YOI Parc, HMP Wakefield and the for re-packaging. The judge at the trial described the thefts as National Probation Service in Lancashire. “the ultimate betrayal”. The scam went on for ten years before Wakefield is the first Category A prison to be being discovered. accredited while Parc is the first prison in Wales to receive accreditation. Lancashire is Buskers at Stocken the first National Probation Service division In an attempt to create a more relaxed atmosphere, the to receive the award. governor of HMP Stocken is encouraging prisoners with musical talents to ‘busk’ around the prison during association Parc has established a dedicated unit for Dogs: “Bringing joy” to prisons times and when prisoners are waiting for meals. The Daily Credit: G4S prisoners with learning difficulties at which Mirror reports, in shocked terms, how prisoners at Stocken specialist autism support is provided, have also been allowed to have curtains and toilet seats in an including for education and physical activity, attempt to ‘humanise’ the regime. Therapy dogs reduce self-harm and autistic prisoners are mentored by other Everyone who has had a pet will know the therapeutic and calming effect of prisoners throughout their sentence. From cell to shell stroking it and talking to it. One of the things many prisoners miss is that Wakefield is translating all documents into Severn Trent Water have had to give staff at HMP Stoke Heath interaction with an animal. Since G4S managed HMP Altcourse introduced an easy-to-read format to make them more special training after the local sewage works got blocked each therapy dogs, in conjunction with the charity ‘Pets As Therapy’, there has been accessible to autistic prisoners. Probation week by a huge amount of egg shells that was being flushed a downward trend in self-harm at the prison. The Independent Monitoring staff in Lancashire received specialist down the drains at the prison. Grant Mitchell, sewer blockages Board IMB has praised the use of therapy dogs with prisoners who are socially training at a local hospital to get experience lead for Severn Trent, explains: “Not only did all of the extra isolated, prolific self-harmers or who have mental health issues. of working with autistic people. solid waste mean that we had to install additional equipment to break it down, it also meant that our teams were spending an Pets As Therapy is a national charity founded in 1983 and is at the forefront of The National Autistic Society has been extra half a day each week cleaning out grit from the equip- community-based Animal Assisted Therapy: their aim is to enhance health running Autism Accreditation for over 25 ment to stop blockages from happening.” Prison staff blamed and wellbeing in the community through the visits of trusted volunteers with years and started working with HMP/YOI prisoners who, they said, were eating eggs in their cells and their behaviourally assessed animals. Altcourse is only one of their venues; Feltham to develop standards for prisons. flushing the egg shell down their toilets. After the intervention they provide a visiting service in hospitals, hospices, nursing and care homes, Feltham then became the first prison in the the prison now say that all food waste is collected and disposed of properly. Acknowledgement: Shropshire Star special needs schools and a variety of other venues across the UK. world to be accredited in 2015. Accredited status is monitored, and a full re-assessment The Pets As Therapy scheme was introduced to Altcourse by a member of staff must take place after 3 years. Jailed for biting officer’s bum a year ago and, each week, Emma and Ruby, two therapy dogs, visit prisoners A Durham prison officer has been having tetanus and hepatitis in need. Previous Altcourse director, Steve Williams said: “The therapeutic checks after being bitten on the buttocks during a scuffle with Autism Accreditation was established in activities offered at Altcourse continue to provide support and relief to those a prisoner. Officers saw the man sitting on his cell floor with a 1992. It is the UK’s only autism-specific who sometimes struggle to cope. The dogs bring joy, companionship and light ligature around his neck. When they entered there was a relief to those who need it the most.” quality assurance programme of support and struggle during which the officer was bitten. He was said to be development for all those providing services responsible for a similar attack on a female officer at HMP As the concept of therapy dogs becomes recognised more widely, the latest to autistic people. It is a way for organisa- Holme House a year before. He got a further two years in prison to adopt the scheme is HMP & YOI Feltham, where therapy dog Whippet tions to show they offer excellent support to prison after admitting the assault. has started visiting. autistic children and adults. Key blunder at HMP Edinburgh Inspectors praise A probe is underway at HMP Edinburgh after a prison officer ‘transformed’ Maghaberry handed his bunch of keys to a prisoner to open a cupboard. A prison source said that when the officer couldn’t open a Following serious concerns about HMP cupboard he handed the key to the prisoner to see if he could Maghaberry the Criminal Justice Inspection open it. Prison bosses may have to do a complete lock change. Northern Ireland (CJI) and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons in England and Wales More angst over Holloway Prison site (HMIP) conducted an unannounced inspec- At a special community event to discuss the future of the tion in April last year, and a report of that Holloway Prison site, Councillor Diarmaid Ward, Islington’s inspection has now been published. housing chair, questioned the Ministry of Justice’s motives for closing the only women’s prison in London and putting the site The report says that Maghaberry has made up for sale. He said: “This was put on the market so the MoJ significant progress and is no longer unstable could generate the maximum possible capital receipts. As far as and unsafe. In 2016 it was described by a they were concerned this was a prime central London site that prison inspector as one of the most dangerous could be used as a cash cow to build prisons all over the he had visited but now it has been transformed country.” Islington has strict rules which means at least half of as a result of “excellent leadership”. The new homes on a development of more than ten must be ‘genuinely report says: “We rarely see a prison make the affordable’. Andy Bain, of Islington Homes for All, told the sort of progress evident at Maghaberry, and it Islington Gazette: “We need to keep the pressure up to get is to the credit of all those involved that many “Suits you sir” Credit: James Timpson maximum council housing, a women’s centre and green space.” of the outcomes for the men held at the prison are now among the best we have seen From cutting keys to cutting hair Prison cook jailed for smuggling in this type of prison in recent years.” A female prison cook who had worked in prison kitchens for Northern Ireland’s Chief Inspector of Many prisoners have trained in Timpson Academies and gone on to work in over 20 years has been jailed for trying to smuggle nearly Criminal Justice, Brendan McGuigan, says: their popular shops doing everything from mending shoes, to repairing £110,000 worth of the NPS Spice, prescription drugs and SIM “Staff and prisoner relationships had watches and cutting keys. Now Timpson have branched out and are opening cards into HMP Northumberland, hidden in cereal boxes. She transformed, and inspectors found motivat- barber shops and are already recruiting from HMPs Prescoed and Thorn Cross. told the court that she was short of money and needed the ed, enthusiastic prison staff who were doing James Timpson told Inside Time: “The Barbershops are doing really well and extra cash to buy a mobility scooter for her father, a car for her excellent work with the men in their care. getting busier by the day, we don’t have any Barbershop Academies in prisons daughter and have new windows fitted at her home. She had Much more needs to be done in relation to yet but hope to open some in the near future. We have some former prisoners conspired with her brother, who is serving a life sentence at the vulnerable prisoners. I don’t underestimate working for us at the moment and they are doing a fantastic job and really prison. Jailing her for 32 months, the judge said she was the scale of that challenge.” enjoying their placements.” “trapped in a cycle of greed”. Insidetime January 2019 www.insidetime.org Newsround // Local Prison News 15

Bad boys baking good turn their hands to anything from a Victoria sponge to a fully-fledged wedding cake. As Newsbites well as supplying local cafes and restaurants, the men are very proud to supply the café in the visits room where family and friends can Warren Hill governor defends softer labels sample their wares. Sonia Walsh, the governor of HMP Warren Hill, a category C, adult male prison in Suffolk, has hit out at critics of her regime Malcolm tells Inside Time: “As much as we of calling all prisoners ‘residents’ and renaming cells as ‘rooms’. make fantastic bread and cakes, our main She says her prison, labelled one of the best prisons in England source of pride is the gentlemen who work in and Wales is all about strong staff/prisoner relationships. The the bakery, and who are developing their prison, which gives ‘keep in touch’ postcards to released skills and turning it around one day at a time. ‘residents’ is all about preparing ‘residents’ for functioning outside of prison and preventing further victims. Ms Walsh says Bad Boys’ Bakery “We have just been granted funds by the Stir fry the prison’s aim is to have a ‘rehabilitative culture’ and create an Greater London Mayors fund, which has been environment where the men feel at ease in the community The Bad Boys’ Bakery in HMP Brixton was matched by HMPPS. This will enable us to despite having spent a long time in prison. She says: “If we don’t founded by Gordon Ramsey in 2012 who refit the bakery with industry equipment Thyme prepare them for functioning when they go out then they will thought it would give prisoners ‘real life giving the men a more robust industry fail - if they fail that can create further victims.” experience’, gain new skills, help get training qualification and enabling the for Work employment on release, and reduce reoffend- bakery to produce more products for our Welsh prisoners avoid speaking Welsh A report by Mei Huws, the Welsh Language Commissioner, ing. The bakery is now managed by inspira- partners which equals more employment for Easy Peasy Cooking is an based on interviews with prisoners and organisations which tional tutor Malcolm and funded and our bakers.” Ipswich based company which provide services for prisoners says that Welsh speaking supported by Novus who, for more than two sells pre-mixed ‘Recipe Kits’ prisoners avoid using their language in prison because they fear decades, have been delivering education, Visiting the bakery, you would never guess it for home cooking. They have it will make their life more difficult. The report also says that training and facilities in prisons and current- is inside a prison, and that the men creating just launched a new social there have been occasions when staff have prevented prisoners ly work in around 80 establishments. all these wonderful breads and cakes are enterprise company called speaking to their families in Welsh. A positive, in the report, is actually prisoners. Alex Head of The Social ‘Thyme for Work’. As part of that HMP Berwyn has taken steps to ensure prisoners can use Up to twelve learners work in the bakery, Pantry said: “I really enjoy heading into the the new initiative they have their language socially within the prison. Ms Huws says: with two peer mentors, at any one time. bakery, it is a hive of activity, always lively, set up a workshop at HMP New “Language is not a matter of luxury but a matter of justice.” Baking is a great change from lugging bricks fun and sugar filled! It is great meeting the guys, Hall called the ‘Inspiration around or welding and the men enthusiasti- hearing about the skills they have learnt and Academy’ where the ladies cally set about their training and can achieve how baking has changed their jail time. For blend and package herbs and Gull money a Level 2 City and Guilds baking qualification lots of them baking is new and they enjoy spices for the recipe kits. It Since July 2015, over £5,000 has been spent at HMP Grampian which is recognised by all potential employers. being given the opportunity to learn new skills.” currently provides up to 20 to deal with ‘menacing seagulls.’ The Scottish Prison Service training and work places. (SPS) uses loud bangs and also employs hawks to get the gulls In the bakery, men learn how to handcraft The bakery’s customers are known as ‘partners’ to move on. Labour MSP Lewis Macdonald commented: “If the bread using traditional skills. They soon and are encouraged to consider employing Easy Peasy say: “The focus of hawks were as good at intercepting drugs and mobile phones as become very proud of their products and one of the bakers on release. Malcolm says: the training and work they are at frightening off gulls, prison staff could concentrate many aspire to become bakers upon release. “The quote we always have from our partners experience is to better equip on the big job of turning prisoners away from a life of crime.” Local partners buy the bakery’s products, when they come to visit the bakery, after they former prisoners to find and even some national brands source bread have met the bakers and tried their cakes, is employment and support Ashfield has had ‘a very good 12 months’ from the bakery. It is not only bread they ‘so where are the inmates?’ Our reply is you themselves. Our programme The Independent Monitoring Board at Serco managed HMP bake, including the popular sourdough; they have just met and talked to them!” helps them acquire skills and Ashfield has produced a glowing report for 2017-18. IMB Chair, qualifications that can lead to Ann Morton, said: “In the current climate, where prisons are better employment after making the headlines for all the wrong reasons, it is reassuring release.” to know that there are prisons where in a twelve-month period there has been no illegal drug or mobile phone finds and no assaults on officers. The pervading culture of mutual respect between prisoners and staff is significant in making Ashfield a positive experience for many prisoners. The management and staff work hard to create a stable and safe environment resulting in a low number of incidents of self-harm and the only death in custody was due to natural causes.” Prison Law Experts / Legal 500 Recommendation Lincoln cells get telephones Work starts this month to install telephones in every cell at Nationwide Coverage - in-house video link facilities available HMP Lincoln. Although calls will still be able to be monitored and numbers will need to be cleared, the phones should make Currying favour calls to families easier and possibly cheaper too. Work is Specialist advice on expected to be finished by the end of April. There are nine certificates parole reviews police interviews that can be gained including: Construction training academy at HMP Leeds Food Safety in Catering Level Following the government’s training and employment strategy recalls criminal appeals 2, Certificate in Customer for prisons six months ago a further 120 businesses have joined Service Level 2, and Award in the 300 who are already part of the project. The interested extradition adjudications Health & Safety Awareness businesses span a range of sectors, including construction and Level 1. On release women can retail, and they could join employers such as Virgin Trains, DHL criminal defence con scation & gain employment with their and Recycling Lives which are among more than 300 around UK wide team of Distributors, the UK already seeing the benefits of employing those with a proceeds of crime Deliverers, Sales Agents and criminal record. HMP Leeds has secured a £250,000 investment Regional Supervisors. to start a construction training academy which will open in Members of the Association of Prison Lawyers February. The project will be delivered in partnership with the As a recently accredited charity Bounce Back, which already works in HMP Brixton to Social Enterprise business, train prisoners for qualifications in the construction industry. Contact our Prison Law Department they put 50% of their profits into creating employment Wandsworth key change opportunities for ex-offenders. A bill for nearly £450,000 landed on taxpayers after staff at 01904 431421 Last month their first full- HMP Wandsworth temporarily lost a set of keys. As part of the [email protected] time recruit started work in Prison Service protocol, every lock at the prison, one of the Bradford and a second starts UK’s largest, had to be changed. A prison source said the keys Howard and Byrne in York this month. ‘fell into the hands of prisoners’ but were quickly reclaimed. Chestnut Court, 148 Lawrence Street, York YO10 3EB Shadow Justice Minister Richard Burgon said: “With prison More information: officers asked to do more and more, and in ever more danger- https://tinyurl.com/y6v2zvw3 ous conditions, such incidents become much more likely.” 16 Comment www.insidetime.org Insidetime January 2019

Low The number of old people in Football, poems and high our prison is growing all the time, given a special boost by the rise in historical sex con- climbing in Dartmoor victions. In the last fifteen years the number of prisoners Ups and downs of another challenging year in prisons over sixty has tripled, octoge- narians have doubled; and there are men in their nineties Month by Month of cell than time out of the EU. It is my and even a hundred and one personal view, mostly, but not always, year-old. I wrote about this based on my monthly articles. As always, dreadful situation, also the you will find a lot about the power of the result of IPPs when I talked to ‘Recoop’, (Re-settlement and A masterclass in teamwork

Arts and Education, but a new theme Credit: Wormwood Scrubs Rachel Billington Care of Older ex-Offenders sneaked in during June, bursting into a High and Prisoners) a charity grand launch in November: Football! If poetry is staple fare on our pages, football is a newcomer this which helps older prisoners Every prison to be twinned with an FA year. In early summer I fi nd myself at Wormwood Scrubs admir- In 2018 the noise round Brexit has been and has produced an excel- ing Queens Park Rangers’ Pablo Blackwood, from their so loud it’s been hard to hear anything club…hopefully… but hope is the most lent ‘Good Practice Guide’ as Community Trust, giving a master-class in footballing skills. else. That’s if you’re outside prison. Inside important commodity in prison and I well as an ‘In-cell Activity He tells me that the men learn much more than how to kick a prison it’s been business as usual. So read make no apology for allowing my ‘Highs’ Pack.’ I can’t help suspecting ball, saying to them as they group round, ‘we’ve got to manage to predominate, even if there are other that prisons house the very this round-up up of the ‘Highs’ and ‘Lows’ ourselves. Transfer our skills on the football pitch to other elderly, who are not a threat, of the year as a Brexit-free zone where things going on, a few noted here, that tell areas… to the cell, to life outside.’ I become the proud possessor because nobody else wants March 2019 will be more about time out a sadder story. Happy New Year! of a QPR training shirt - until my son takes it off me! them.

High Trusts and Charities play a huge part in prison life both inside and outside prison. They cover every fi eld of human endeavour. Outside prison, during the fi rst months of 2018 I interviewed Marina Cantacuzino, who started the wonderful Forgiveness Project - not a popular subject in modern Britain - and Michael Balogun, an ex-prisoner who had just appeared in a National Theatre production of Macbeth aft er getting his break by work- ing with the cooking Charity, Clink. Michael tells me, ‘The diffi cult part is convincing yourself that you can do something © Deposit Photos

other than crime. Once you’ve done that, and it’s rooted in your © Paul Sullivan Low/High head, then it’s easier than crime because you’re no longer Low/High A tentative high as yet anoth- looking over your shoulder. It’s liberating.’ In August, Prisons Minister er Minister of Justice is Rory Stewart (above), who is appointed in January. David beginning to pop up all over Gauke (above) was a solicitor the place, grabs the headlines in a previous life and seems by saying he’ll resign if drugs to make the right noises; but and violence aren’t reduced at will he last? Even the main- the end of the year in ten tar- stream media picks up on the get prisons. I’m not sure that numbers: five chiefs of the Low the Prisons Minister job is MOJ in not much over five On the front page of Inside prized so highly, more like a years. He is joined by new Time my colleague Paul poison chalice, but anything Prisons Minister Rory Sullivan reports on the signif- that highlights the huge prob- Stewart, who once walked icant problems at HMP Exeter. lem of Spice - that so often across Afghanistan. In the Self-harm had risen 40%, liv- leads to bullying and violence June edition of Inside Time he ing conditions ‘unacceptably - has my vote. tells our editor, Erwin James, poor’, assaults the highest ‘I don’t think there are any inspectors had ever seen, use easy recipes for success. It’s of force by staff ‘ungoverned’, © Paul Sullivan about relationships between while 25% of prisoners tested High prison offi cers and prisoners.’ positive for drugs. Poetry always features on ‘Washer Women’ Ann, Acrylic on canvas these pages because our offi c- Credit: Koestler Trust es receive hundreds of poems High every month from which we Art is always high on my list. This year I don’t write about the Years of volunteering print a two-page selection. It Credit: Pact Koestler’s fl agship exhibition in the Royal Festival Hall but I seems that men and woman do catch up with some of their paintings in other places, includ- High who have never read a poem ing St. James’s Church, Piccadilly where ex-minister, ex-pris- Pact, (Prison Advice and Care in their life fi nd the format a oner and soon to be prison chaplain Jonathan Aitken speaks, Trust) celebrated 120 years of way of expressing their deep- among others. I do repeat a visit to HMP Send where their service in 2018. It was found- est feelings: love, anger, exhibition ‘Our Time’ show-cased some great artwork - both by ed by a Catholic priest when regret, hope. In February we beginners and professionals. Dena looks at her painting of a Queen Victoria was on the published a new book of carousel with beautiful horses, ‘Doing this long sentence I feel throne. Families, which poems published in Inside as if I’m just going round and round and not getting off .’ Sales include children, grandpar- Time over the last four years. of the paintings were extremely brisk. ents and other relatives, are We launched the ‘Inside oft en the overlooked victims Poetry, Voices from Prison’, Low Low when a man or women goes Credit: HMP Guy’s Marsh with a cover from a Koestler Birmingham Prison is being Further bad news from the to prison. Pact does important prize-winner, at Daunts book- High taken over by the government front page of Inside Time. In a work in many diff erent areas, shop in London. Ex-prisoner I go inside prison to visit the education department of HMP from the private firm G4S, historical moment in British but I particularly admire their Guy’s Marsh which is trying to turn round the prison’s doubtful now actor Valentine Olukoga after inspectors said it had dedication to Visitors Centres Prison Service history, Rory reputation with some targeted programmes in the charismatic (above), who trained at the fallen into a ‘state of crisis.’ which can make all the diff er- Stewart announces the roll- Elva Lightfoot’s classroom, known as ‘The Temple of Learning.’ charity Synergy, read us Chief Inspector of Prisons ence to those journeying to I admire an exhibition of a paintings and poetry and come back poems, including the witty, Peter Clarke described it as out of PAVA incapacitant see a loved one, particularly with some terrifying pictorial warnings of the dangers of Spice ‘Charismatic Molecular ‘the worst prison he had ever spray to prison offi cers across for the old and mothers of executed by one of the men. Biology.’ been to’. the country. young children. Insidetime January 2019 www.insidetime.org Comment 17

High Back to football in December Conversations with Clare when I report on David Dein’s exciting ‘Twinning Project’. It is an ambitious plan to link every prison with an FA club. He launches it at Wembley Stadium, with Ian Wright to chair the event, and literally hundreds of representatives from football clubs and pris- Looking to a brighter future ons to support the idea. With Credit: Airborne Initiative the Ministry of Justice repre- High sented by the hard-working Dartmoor can be a threatening place with its rocky tors, rivers Rory Stewart, and the and barren heath, not to mention the infamous prison in the Football Association by Chief middle. But for a group of Young Off enders it means escape Executive Martin Glenn, it from their cells and fi ve days walking and learning on a resi- seems on the road to success. dential course run by Airborne Initiative, a Dorset-based char- The balance of power When I mention to Arsene ity. In September I go to meet the men and become impressed All photos: Clean Break Theatre Company Wenger the amount of lock-up by their determination to swap prison-fi t for climbing, walking, young men endure, he com- caving and orienteering. Nobody wants prisoners to be forced ments, ‘You wouldn’t do it to to break rocks as they did in the past but the gym shouldn’t be Prisoners captivating the public animals.’ the only place for exercise. sisters, Karen and Gail, who hear that the fi ve female pris- High grew up in a care home ons are no longer being built together. When one of them is and the Female Offender The Koestler comes round Clare Barstow again when I go to see some abused and has a baby they Strategy provides much need- of this year’s award-winning are separated. Years later, ed funds for alternative plays performed in the Royal I was fortunate to be able to tragic circumstances cause course provision. However, Court Theatre, London. Once attend an initial read through them to reunite and the meet- much more is needed to again, Synergy is there as the of ‘Thick as Thieves’ at Clean ing opens up fresh wounds. ensure that we no longer lock company who produced Break Theatre Company in The tilting stage adds a phys- up 83 per cent of women for 6 them. I talk to Johnny, one of Kentish Town. The company ical dimension to the shift ing months or less.” the winners who told me that was set up by two female pris- balance of power. he began in the Education oners whilst they were at department before moving to Askham Grange and provides After the play there was a a Creative Writing Course and opportunities for those panel discussion about the from there to writing plays. involved in the Criminal Criminal Justice System led Writing is the one very good Justice System. At the rehears- by the director Róisín and “Exciting futures” thing that long time-in-cell al the actors brought life to involving cast members, Credit: Longford Trust can encourage - apart from the script and a dynamism ex-prisoners and Rose from High thinking, that is. It may be that made me want to see the the Nelson Trust, an organi- In November I go along to the Longford Trust’s annual lecture, drama, poetry or the short fi nished play. So when I was chaired by Jon Snow, which turns out to be four young ex-pris- stories that, with novelist, oners telling their huge audience what made them turn their Minette Walters, I judge for “Brilliant piece of theatre” Touching poetic response lives round and make exciting futures for themselves. The The Prison Reform Trust. Along answer seems to range from education, family, a mentor, faith, with other winners, they are luck and determination. now appearing in Inside Time. Clean Break also took the play as part of a workshop into High High Styal, Downview and Askham Grange prisons. The women The same month, Inside Time Aft er the shocking news of a G4S prison, HMP Birmingham, I at Askham wrote some really prints our fi rst pages of Rap, am interested to visit HMP Rye Hill, another prison run by G4S. touching poetry as a response introduced by Akala. The fol- I have been invited by Sean who wants me to learn about two to the piece. The Advanced lowing month Mr. Gee tries to programmes he has started and which are run by the men, with Theatre Group at Clean Break explain to the ignorant like support from staff . I am welcomed by prison offi cers in Christmas hats and the prison choir, trained by the charity Beating Time, offered the chance to go to zation which helps off er pro- also produced a dramatic me the difference between is belting out ‘Consider yourself one of the family...’ Aft erwards Salisbury to see the fi nished grammes as alternatives to response and a podcast based Rap, Spoken Word and Sean, assisted by a dozen or more project workers, gives a production I was delighted custody. It was a very lively on the themes around the Poetry. I think I’m a slow presentation about ASSIST and PEN which aim to solve prac- and amazed, as it had blos- aff air. I’d met Rose before at play. learner, but by the amount of tical problems as well as the more intractable area of mental somed into a brilliant piece of the launch of the Centre for material coming in, our Rap health. The Visitor’s Hall seems a place of hope. I’ll be writing theatre. Social Justice Report on section is certainly encourag- more about this in 2019. female offenders. She said, Clare Barstow is a writer and ing new contributors. Meanwhile ... A very Happy New Year to all my readers! The play tells the story of two “Since then, I am pleased to former resident of HMPPS

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get a foot on the ladder and be person is incapable of coping radius. Fortunately, I don’t another incentive not to reof- with all the forms then they have to apply each time as I fend; if you send a guy out need a lot of support. Fortu- have a rolling licence which with £46 Discharge Grant and nately, at Ford, there is ample enables me to go out five days nowhere to live the chances peer support. a week from 8am to 6pm to of his reoffending are proba- meet with any employer; bly quite high; but if you send Paperwork for day release has under the instruction of HMP him out with enough money to be individually targeted Ford. to get accommodation and because we are all different. I see him over until he gets his am lucky, mine is straightfor- It is a tremendous opportu- first wage or benefit, then he ward, but where people have nity for me and there is so is much less likely to return to exclusion areas and the like it much work to do we some- crime and you are setting him can be quite difficult. We all times struggle to cope. A pris- up in a good way. accept, however, that this oner meeting with a potential must be the case. employer is able to break At Winchester prison they down barriers in a way that a were handing out tents for I have been out to work on member of staff never could. men to live in. When men are RoTL and it worked perfectly There is a stereotypical per- released with nothing; no ac- … the experience was invalu- ception of what a prisoner commodation, no money, no able. I would absolutely agree looks and sounds like, and job, they almost have no op- that it is a fundamental step although that may be true in tion because they have to eat towards the gate. Dave part it is absolutely not a uni- and survive. It is something versal truth. The more we can Ready for the first step

© Deposit Photos the Prison Service needs to Note from Ford governor: do to dispel that conception look at carefully; sorting peo- Whilst Ford does impose the the better; therefore the more ple out with a home to go to victims’ levy as required under we can get serving prisoners relieves so much pressure on the Prison Earnings Act, I do to go out and meet current or Conversations at Ford men who may have spent so in a sensible way, so men in potential employers goes a many years in prison. Even in significant/exceptional hard- very long way towards Inside Time recently spoke to a number of prisoners at Approved Premises it can be ship can apply for exemption, achieving that. HMP Ford around the subject of Release on Temporary weeks before you get any and in the last 3-4 months they money - the premises man- can all apply to have the levy It doesn’t matter what your Licence (RoTL) and what it means to them agement might say you can waived. I’ve yet to see, there- background is; your ability to pay back rent to them, but fore, anyone leave here who represent the prison goes a Reconnecting knew I had to get a specific helps get you back into nor- what do you do for those has been in paid external work long way to dispelling many train and make sure I didn’t mality leading to release. Be- weeks when you have leaving with just the £46 Dis- of the preconceptions and RoTL is so important for cock-up in any way. If there is fore having a longer home nothing? charge Grant. myths. There is a tremendous re-establishing contact with a problem with the train back visit, you can use RoTL to my family. I will shortly be you can telephone ahead and meet your family in town RoTL isn’t used enough, yet I able to spend four days and let them know but basically away from the restrictions of think it is a good idea. We three nights with my family. I you are expected to be a man- the Visits Hall, although vis- know that, in reality, the fail- hadn’t known much about ager of your own time and its at Ford are much more re- ure rates are ridiculously low RoTL before but now I think it make sure you comply with laxed than in closed prisons so that should provide enough is a really good way of gradu- all the requirements, because and rather than being re- encouragement to use it more. ally introducing people back it’s all about trust. If you stricted to your seats you can There are a lot of problems into outside life; it is probably properly comply each time, get up and play with your accessing RoTL, and the more important for people then the more trust will be child. Joe whole process could be made who have spent a longer time given to you. simpler, however overall, I think RoTL is the best way of in closed conditions rather Getting the RoTL than people who have just What you can do whilst on reducing reoffending. spent a short time in prison. RoTL depends upon what you Getting the opportunity to The process of applying is in- When you have these periods have applied for. If you apply work out under Release on Working for a new life timidating; I was filling in a © Deposit Photos outside you get lots of support for a town visit then you meet Temporary Licence (RoTL) is form for day release for a per- from Offender Supervisors with the people you have put a good experience but I am son just recently because opportunity for employers to and outside Probation. We down to meet, who have been not sure about the process of Working out many people find writing and look at people like Ford resi- have meetings about what we authorised, and then you can taking away a large propor- form-filling difficult and they My position is rather differ- dents in order to fill any role would like to do on RoTLs and get on with whatever you tion of a prisoner’s earnings. are immediately on the back ent than many residents here they have available. Unlike any plans for future RoTLs, so need to do. You could be with Many men here have no sav- foot because they cannot ad- because I am actually in- the stereotypes, we have a there is really solid support your family, building family ings and face being released equately complete the paper- volved in the department vast array of prisoners who there. Like all things in life, ties, or you could be going to with very little money behind work that needs to be done. which is responsible for find- have skills …right up to CEOs there are good people and a library researching things them. I accept that maybe we You are allowed two day re- ing outside paid work. This is and lawyers. bad people, and some prison- or visiting a job centre. It de- need to ‘give back’, but men leases a month, but can apply a big thrust of Justice Secre- ers may say they have not pends what you have applied need money for a deposit on for six months’ worth at a tary David Gauke, but I think It is nice to hear people who been adequately supported, for and what stage of your accommodation and things time - so there is an awful lot Ford was doing it first. My role employ former prisoners say- but in my case, here at HMP sentence you are in; obvi- like that, and savings from of writing to be done. If a is that if we are looking for ing they are some of their best Ford, I have had lots of ously in the last few months working out could help them support. you may be keen to visit job outside work then we need to workers; they say they are centres, research jobs and ac- talk to employers. Some em- more productive and really The first time I walked out- commodation. The RoTL is ployers enjoy coming here want the job. Many compa- side the gate all on my own it tailored to the individual and because they have never been nies who employ former pris- felt a little surreal. They say, their needs. inside a prison before, but oners, or prisoners from Ford ‘here’s a bit of paper, here’s there are many occasions on day release, say they don’t your licence and here’s some I think home leave is the most when we need to go out and advertise any more, they sim- money’. You haven’t seen real important use of RoTL, prob- speak to them. My role in- ply come to Ford because they money for a while. You walk ably more important than cludes going out to meet em- know they will get good work- down to the station, get a actual day releases. It helps to ployers, and in order to do ers as all the Ford men they train and take yourself off to rebuild those family ties if this I have to get permission have had previously have meet your family. I didn’t find you can sit at home in the to do so, which means I have proven themselves. Steve handling money too difficult, evening, have a meal and to get a licence and that li- but you have at the back of catch up with things rather cence has to allow me to go your mind, at all times, the than in the Visits Hall or a few anywhere the potential em- Joe, Dave and Steve need to be back for 7pm. I hours during the daytime. It Coffee break ployer is within a two-hour

© Deposit Photos are pseudonyms Insidetime January 2019 www.insidetime.org Comment 19 Home Office remind police to mind material Louise Shorter unnecessary archiving burden (Management of Police Information - MoPI). Anyone who has tried to overturn a conviction I found out that there is a specific up to date knows how hard it is to locate and access evi- policy, developed by the National Police dence material from the original trial. As a Chiefs’ Council (NPCC, version 2.1) and pub- miscarriage of justice investigation unit, we lished last year: “Guidance Regarding the Stor- at Inside Justice know better than most. age, Retention and Destruction of Records and Materials that have been seized for forensic Material from a criminal conviction is sup- examination.” posed to be kept by the investigating police force. Two years ago, I was inspired to research With this information, I contacted Kirsty the issue of how material is retained post-con- Faulkner, Head of Forensic Information Data- viction after working on the case of Roger bases Service at Home Office Security, who has Kearney, convicted of murder in 2010. Secret now sent a message out on behalf of the NPCC lover to the woman found stabbed to death in Forensics Performance and Standards Group the boot of her own car, Kearney was con- to all 43 police forces, including recommenda- victed on circumstantial evidence. Inside Jus- Looking for clues

© Deposit Photos tions from my research and asking forces to tice commissioned scientists who identified bring the up to date NPCC policy document to new work which could be undertaken on sam- to canvass their opinions. One solicitor told gathered during police investigations in respect the attention of operational staff. ples which they believed would be in storage me: “In my experience, [storage of material is] of convicted crimes? If there is a divergence of in line with retention policy. But investiga- pretty inconsistent. Overall, the pattern is that policy according to crime type, please provide I believe the general public expect police codes tions by the Criminal Cases Review Commis- it’s just not available… sometimes the record clarification. The phrase ‘physical material’ of practice to be followed, and that exhibits sion (CCRC) showed that exhibits had been keeping is so poor that, even if it should exist, above refers to all objects and items which are will be safely packaged and stored away fol- lost, contaminated and destroyed. Roger Kear- people just can’t find them…. [I have] multiple exhibited as part of both the ‘used material’ at lowing a criminal conviction. This cannot be ney remains in prison, serving a life sentence, examples of closed cases where you want to find trial AND the ‘unused material’, not subse- relied upon if police forces are failing to follow protesting his innocence (Conviction: Murder an exhibit or a record, it just can’t be obtained quently used at trial. the national policy. Hopefully, this clear mes- at the Station, BBC, 2016). and, with the appeal laws, we’re left in a situa- sage from the Home Office, in response to my tion where we can’t win a conviction.” I received responses to my FOI request from all research, will encourage them to do so. This case inspired me to ask a question which 43 forces but, to my dismay, only 2 forces re- experienced defence lawyers struggled to an- It turns out that there are a whole host of issues ported that they were following the correct swer: what rules or regulations are there for at stake, including the future of Forensic Ar- policy. The others reported a whole catalogue Louise Shorter is CEO of Inside Justice - the post-conviction retention of material gath- chive Limited, which stores material from the of differing practice, with the majority of forces a registered charity investigating potential ered during a police investigation? To answer now defunct Forensic Science Service. apparently unaware of current guidance and miscarriages of justice. this, all 43 police forces of England and Wales the application, by a significant number of were asked, through a Freedom of Information This was the FOI question I sent out to police: forces, of guidance designed for another pur- Inside Justice has moved offices: question, what policy they follow. ‘Is there a designated length of time for which pose entirely - that of preventing crime and the One Business Village, West Dock St, Kingston [your] force and laboratories you instruct, both better detection of crime through intelligence Upon Hull, East Yorkshire. HU3 4HH. I also spoke to criminal justice practitioners internal and external, retain physical material - which applies the wrong test and imposes an NEW Telephone: 020 3961 8790

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Although adding a bit of prison after having served had enough time to involve fact it was after prison smoked salmon may just be the solution! part of their sentence will find herself intimately, or even that they really started themselves having to serve fleetingly, with most of her encountering problems. I am so proud of our little flock and now they the rest of that sentence ‘on client’s cases. I was left with Being released from are earning their keep I am even more, ahem, licence’. But what does that the impression that I had prison can be a daunt- EGGcited as I lift the lid of the laying box hop- mean? How much help will been politely warned that it ing experience; being Jenny Greengrass ing for the daily surprise… would be preferable to her to this licence be to those who released on licence can are serving it? Will those who recall me to prison in order to be even worse.” supervise the licence be able lighten her caseload… not a Unlock.org.uk to help with housing or em- great start. New additions to the Jenny Greengrass is a keen amateur ployment, the two things that horticulturist are known to keep ex-offend- After I had been out for a year, fl ock (and it’s no yolk…) I got permission to move to Parole Officer who asks me if ers from going straight back … ‘everything is ok?’ I reply to prison? Or is the licence Hampshire and this meant a Flower of the Month ‘Yes’, and that’s it. That is the There has been great EGGcitement in the just more lip-service in the new Parole Officer. This one wasn’t quite so liberal with sum total of me being on Greengrass household this week (sorry, mantra of ‘keeping the public licence. safe’ that has come into offi- the ‘recall’ shouts, but I real- couldn’t resist it!) Our first ever little egg from ised how difficult things were one of our lovely hens. There has been one hen cial vogue in the last decade If, on the other hand, I had or so? Are the public being going to be when I asked for that has been showing off a very red comb for permission to visit the Irish been released with no home a while now, which is an indication that she is kept safe because ex-prison- and no job then I would prob- ers are on licence? I have been Republic in order to see my mature enough to lay eggs. grandchildren and was told … ably have been back in prison on Life Licence now for al- long ago. Your Parole Officer ‘that might be quite difficult’. However, because it is now winter we were not most 9 years, and I am begin- will not help you with accom- It sure was. I made a request expecting too much but apparently as the ning to question the value of modation or employment, or, and then waited 4 years for an weather has been unusually mild, she is now it. indeed, anything that might answer! Yes, I’m not kidding, producing eggs. They are very small, but then be beneficial to you. They are Though I am on life licence, it took 4 years from my first so is she. Not exactly the goose that laid the request to getting an answer. simply there as ‘guardians’, and will be for the rest of my who assess the ‘risk’ you may golden egg but just our little hen laying some- natural life, I am what is What made it a bit more an- thing that means as much. noying was the fact that I present to society and their known as a ‘2-Strike Lifer’. I job is to yank you back to was not given my life sen- knew several lifers on licence, including mandatory lifers, prison if they think that risk She was having none of it tence for murder (mandatory) is changing in any way. And The Common Snowdrop but was caught up in a short- who had been allowed to go but preferred to go off into the (Galanthus nivalis) on holiday to Spain and getting off licence, or at least lived political concept pil- having your restrictions re- fered from America by a Greece with no problem. It coop and be on her own to Snowdrops have been found in the UK since was then that I realised that laxed, is a long, long process. beleaguered Home Secretary Apparently, there is an admin lay an egg. the fifteenth century, and there are 20 species who wanted to prove to the being on licence was some- now growing wild. Known of old as “Candle- thing of a lottery. backlog, and this means even tabloid press how ‘tough’ he if you warrant a relaxation of mass Bells” and “The Flower of Hope”, they was. Like most clueless poli- restrictions, and your Parole I have been a bit suspicious this week of the announce the coming of Spring, poking up ticians, he failed to think Officer agrees, it can still take antics of the cockerel. Usually a very caring, their beautiful heads through the harshest things through to their logical I was left with years for this to reach protective bird of his three hen harem, he has conditions. They provide vital early fodder conclusion, interested only in the impression fruition. been a bit more attentive this week. Almost for the Queen Bumblebees coming out of ‘jam today’, and the 2-Strike their long hibernation as early as February. skipping around the garden chasing the hen; Law was rescinded less than that I had been Pollinated throughout February & March, It seems pretty shady to me showing off his plumage display and sidling 9 years after its implementa- their seeds are spread by foraging ants, who politely warned that there are people on li- up to her in the most aggressive yet appealing tion. I served 12 years in feed the nutrient rich seeds to their grubs, no cence still subjected to re- way. She was having none of it but preferred prison and was released on that it would be strictions simply because doubt dropping a few on the way! life licence in 2010. to go off into the coop and be on her own to lay www.greenergrowth.co.uk preferable to her there is not enough staff to an egg. sign them off. And here’s Don’t get me wrong, being to recall me to something even more shady released from prison after 12 prison in order to - I had a minor stroke in April years was absolutely great, 2018 and my Parole Officer and I didn’t give much lighten her case- told me that my ill-health thought to what it was going load… not a great means I will be staying on to be like on licence. I was just licence with full restrictions ON YOUR SIDE happy to be out. Due to my start. for even longer than I would Being on your side is one thing. Fighting your corner is another. We do both. own hard work during my re- have! 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At the hostel gatepost, Sue ‘Oh? Me too. Maybe we could up, sadly, ‘hoping to get back in Looking Up expertly snapped off some of wave a few sparklers in the touch with Sally, my daugh- the plastic letters, leaving it garden instead eh?’ ter. You know.’ to read; A.PROVED P.EN.ISES The ups, downs, challenges and triumphs of a again, giggling as she headed Jason grunted. ‘No way. ‘Oh, I see… you want a place into town. They’re fireworks, aren’t for the both of you?’ prison leaver’s journey they? Classed as firearms. ‘I’d be more likely to get ac- She spotted Jason in the sun- Screwboy Sam would have cess with a stable home, like.’ lit square, convincing herself Armed Response all over us if she hadn’t followed him. Wiry he saw so much as a party ‘Yeah, I understand.’ The si- figure, hair almost blond, his popper in that bleeding lence between them grew old clothes clearly well out of hostel.’ awkward, Sue fidgeting with date. He sat forward, jabbing her zip. away at his phone, a small Sue laughed. ‘You are kidding battered flask at his side with me… right? Well… never ‘Listen Jay… let me treat you its little cup steaming. mind… you could always pull to a proper coffee, eh? It is the a cracker instead.’ twentieth century now, you ‘Hello Jay. Got the hang of your She gave him a little wink but know? I’ll even throw in a new phone then?’ he turned away, shrugging sparkler on top, and if Sam unhappily. doesn’t like it he can stick it ‘Oh, hi Sue… yeah… yeah…’ ‘What’s wrong, Jay? You’ve up his fat arse while I light it.’ He tucked it away quickly, been off for days. Is it that trou- hiding the screen, sparking a ble with your uncle’s old house Jay laughed as Sue took his hint of jealousy in Sue as she again?’ arm, hauling him to his feet. sat. She stroked her auburn ‘Thanks, Sue. Maybe we hair, sniffing at Jason’s cup. ‘I He sighed, shaking his head. could watch the rockets from haven’t seen one of those in a ‘Yeah, I’ve still got a Proceeds the dining room instead, eh?’ while. Reminds me of when I of Crime Order going on and He squeezed her hand play- was on remand and we had no they might confiscate it.’ fully, then let it go, Sue taking

Image credit: MW credit: Image kettles.’ his arm and leading him ‘But your uncle left it to you across the sunlit square, the Frank Cotton ‘I saw you both arm in arm at jacket and was nearly out of Jason shrugged. ‘Aye, well, in his will - it’s nothing to do sound of bells drifting across that carol service for God’s the lobby when Budget-screw saves spending a fiver on a rip- with them, surely?’ the glass precinct canopy, cir- sake!’ Sam called her. off mug of tea’ he said ‘They might pursue it anyway cling round them as they ‘Only ‘cos they made us sing Walking defensively. …I don’t know… those bas- walked, almost like they were “Alley Luya” ‘Probation at four Sue, don’t tards could leave me on my a ‘real couple’. together, Kaz!’ forget.’ on Sunshine Sue paused. ‘You going to the arse. I was brought up in that ‘I’ll bet. Anyway, you going to ‘Thanks, Sam, I won’t.’ New Year’s Eve fireworks house as well. It’s all my uncle the fireworks later at the Com- Sue watched Jason pacing the later? Karen’s going.’ had - he worked all his life for Frank Cotton is a former resi- munity Centre?’ Sam smiled uncertainly at sunlit stone path outside the ‘Nah, my curfew’s still at eight.’ it. I was hoping…’ He looked dent of HMPPS hostel, muttering into his ‘Can’t, my curfew’s at eight.’ her, a desperate flicker of at- phone, clearly fuming. Some- ‘Shame. Maybe you and Jason traction in his eyes. Late fif- thing had been wrong with can share a couple of sparklers ties at least, he hadn’t a hope him for days, but he’d not let here instead, eh? See you later!’ with her, but a cheeky wink on about it. Clearing the from Sue cost nothing and Christmas cards from her win- Sue shook her head. The hos- kept him wondering. Jackie, WILSONS AUCTIONS dow, Sue put the one from tel was as bad as Holloway her probation officer, Jason aside as a keepsake, sometimes for lack of privacy. wouldn’t have approved. WE CAN SELL YOUR ASSETS just as a brief knock came She looked back out of the from the door, Karen popping window, but Jason had gone. “Manipulating desperate men · Do you have an outstanding confiscation order? her head in mischievously. Stupid. Throwing herself at with sexual promises de- · Would you like a free valuation and a no obligation the first man to show her means ALL women, Sue… you quote to sell your assets for the highest price? ‘You alright, Sue? Missed you some kindness. She checked should empower yourself at breakfast.’ herself in the mirror, touch- with the confidence of ‘Yeah, on a New Year’s diet, ing up her lips with a little self-respect…” WILSONS AUCTIONS CAN HELP Kaz.’ Bruised Cherry, stroking the As the sole agent for over 40 law enforcement agencies, Wilsons Auctions specialises ‘Oh aye? Who’s the new fine wrinkles at the corner of Blah! Blah! Easy for Jackie to her eyes. Jesus … only 33 and preach, living in Cheadle in selling assets that are subject to confiscation proceedings, often in sensitive bloke? Not Jason already!’ circumstances. We are the largest independent auction company in the UK and Ireland already turning into her with her banker husband. ‘No way! I told you I’m staying and with 80 years of experience, we can sell assets worldwide. single.’ mother. She zipped up her

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Together) offers a number of peer mentors to support a variety of needs (adapting to prison Saving Lives life, depression/anxiety, feeling low, social Holistic reform needed challenges, self-isolating and loneliness, be- reavement, ACCTs and support book), however Gary Conner - HMP Wymott First of all, what is ‘normal’ life incompetence, their responsi- with LIFT the main drive is to target those who self-harm for the majority of prisoners? bility and inability to under- or feel suicidal. Especially for career crimi- stand what prison is for. I believe that HMPPS and the Marc Partridge - HMP Oakwood nals and prolific offenders POA need absolute and im- LIFT targets positive life and mood manage- who reoffend in prison, never mense holistic reform, espe- Prisons are the ment, encouraging and empowering individ- mind when they are released. We have often seen articles discussing the lack cially in the following areas; uals to set targets and goals as part of an Therapy makes dishonest opposite to any- of mental health support available in prisons. accommodation, education, overall action plan for personal development. people better liars. Secondly, Many comment either on waiting for weeks on training and employment, thing resembling We also provide a variety of distraction activ- ‘restore the standing or repu- end to get an appointment or not even meeting mental and physical health, ities and a personalised development pro- tation of’. This, in my view, is rehabs, more like the criteria to be seen. If you need mental substance misuse, finance, gramme. Since LIFT started there have been unheard of in any positive health support you should be able to access it. benefit and debt, prisoners’ ‘pre-habs’, places less self-harm incidents, even during the high- terms. Prisoners are judged at The LIFT Team here at Oakwood provide peer- families, children and their est risk times such as the festive season, com- the start, end and even after where you go to led support, signposting and other services communities, and in attitudes, pared to previous years. Those who have been their sentence has expired. that complement mental health healthcare thinking and behaviour. get seriously helped have identified and actioned positive Thirdly, to ‘restore to a former teams. changes in their lifestyle and behaviour. In condition’, this is very apt in- All the risk factors that HMPPS addicted. more than one circumstance they have stated deed - for example, a prisoner In 2015-2016 there were over 35,000 incidents and the POA define prisoners …’this has changed my life’. doing 12-months for burgling Prison is about retribution reported that related to suicide and self-harm, with need to be applied to a shed. During his ‘rehabilita- and deterrence, but it is rising to 37,000 in 2016-2017 in our prisons. themselves - as well as need- The LIFT project works in partnership with tive stay at HMP’ he engages dressed up by the powers that Something had to change. The LIFT Team is ing to be integrated into every G4S, Care UK and The Bridge Charity. We are in copious amounts of various be in a shining veneer. In my here to assist. There is clearly a massive prob- aspect of a prisoner’s journey not clinical experts however we will support drugs and gets out with £46 view, prisons will only get lem in our prisons, leading to very high levels and experience throughout those who are. All our mentors are trained in as a flat-out ‘rehabilitated’ worse. The population will of stress and trauma. This often increases the their sentence. Only when the mental health awareness at Level 2 to assist in drug addict. Pretty soon he is grow, and they will spend mil- chances of further psychological damage and powers-that-be attribute the signposting and informing the experts. All back in doing 4-years for more lions building new prisons. even the prospects of reoffending and recall. aforementioned areas/risk mentors receive continuous training to ensure burglary; and that is the real- They are not capable of holis- factors to their own beliefs and a high standard and prompt delivery of sup- ity of so-called ‘rehabilita- tic reform, because they don’t Here at Oakwood we are lucky to have a for- behaviour will they be able to port. The Director and senior management and tion’ in the 21st century. This really want it. It is too complex ward-thinking Director who believes in giving educate and integrate them staff are delighted with the success that the is the true reflection of and too expensive, and it will prisoners a chance to make a difference. Oak- into their own processes in project has so far delivered. If it wasn’t for the HMPPS ‘changing lives for remain a place of retribution. wood has several peer-led initiatives: BIG (to terms of helping prisoners to positive and forward-thinking attitude of the the better’. Nothing will ever change for help those on Basic), Frog Prince (personalised actually change for the better. Director, this and all other projects would not the better in prison with cur- card service), YCG (to provide legal/OMU sign- have happened. We are very grateful for this HMPPS and the POA are quick rent attitudes. posting), the Sapphire Community Forum, What I have witnessed in 16 opportunity. to blame prisoners for the PACE (to reduce gang culture) and Future+ years of many different pris- state of affairs in our prisons, To me, prisons are the oppo- (resident-written training courses to help oth- ons is that ‘rehabilitation is The LIFT project would also like to say a huge rather than try to understand site to anything resembling ers resettle and plan ahead) to name a few. too close to regression’. To quote ‘thank you’ to Great Arts, Hobbys, Arsenal FC the environment of prisons rehabs, more like ‘pre-habs’, Each and every one serves a defined purpose to the concise Oxford English and West Brom FC for kindly donating to the and the effects on prisoners. places where you go to get se- help and engage residents towards a better life. dictionary these are defined project following our fundraising efforts. 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inaccurate and they deterio- rated and became overgrown. Compared with today’s ani- matronic creations they all seem rather tame, and few children now would awake Hand made in clay from nightmares of imagina- tive escapades being chased properly examined. When by these creatures. they were unveiled in 1854, a century before I was born, In 1973 they were listed as they were meant to be part of Grade II listed buildings, they the move of the great glass were looking tatty, as I re- structure built in Hyde Park membered them from a for the Great Exhibition and child’s viewpoint, but in 2002 were the first ever models of they underwent a full restora- dinosaurs in the whole world. Not quite right tion and were promoted to The models depict dinosaurs Grade I listing in 2007. from the Mesozoic era (248 site. The original designs Big beasts were hand-made in clay and a mould made to create the actual concrete models, The Crystal Palace dinosaurs which are hollow inside. It is said that the cost of the mod- thing; well maybe the odd anatomically incorrect, but els was £13,729; or equivalent T-Rex or Velociraptor as de- when they were commis- to nearly a quarter of a million pounds in today’s value. picted in the Jurassic Park sioned in 1852 the science of I’m not a real monster Paul Sullivan series of films. palaeontology was in its in- fancy and the bones that had As the years progressed, it was realised that most of the The Crystal Palace monsters been discovered were of in- million to 65 million years Still standing proud models were hopelessly Ever since I was a child, I have are now known to be complete skeletons and not ago) and some mammals from been interested in the prehis- the Cenozoic era (65 to 2.6 mil- toric animals known as dino- lion years ago). Been promoted saurs. It was sparked by visits to Crystal Palace Gardens They were created by sculptor when, as a young boy, I was Benjamin Waterhouse fascinated by the large fear- Hawkins under the scientific some concrete models that direction of Sir Richard Owen summoned up images of a and represented the very lat- world of terror and danger. est scientific knowledge at the Now, I am not so sure I would time. They were created in a Chase me, chase me! be as frightened by the real special workshop built on the

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Lee Morgan - HMP Oakwood What we do know is that the have been truly at random, RM2000 was designed using then the only difference limited samples (people) should be whether they have These days it is generally ac- however … ‘the insurance in- undertaken the treatment’. cepted, after decades of de- dustry, from where the term (Robert A Forde). bate, that Einstein’s theory of actuarial was taken, uses relativity is grounded in good samples of many hundreds It is not clear whether Horizon science. Also, that if you pro- and thousands; whereas the or Kaizen have been evalu- vide the right environment current trend is for psycholo- ated, but since …’official doc- for mushrooms to grow then gists to use small samples. uments suggest that there they will indeed grow. We Small samples are notorious were ‘anxieties’ about the ef- know these things to be facts. for producing effects that are We know these are formulas difficult to replicate’. (Robert fectiveness of the SOTP used that work - there is ample ev- A Forde. at the time’ … one could there- idence to support them; but fore be forgiven for expecting what about the RM2000 risk What about current evaluation of these pro-

© Deposit Photos assessment? programmes? grammes to be standard ‘The Horizon and Kaizen pro- practise. This form of risk assessment grammes have been piloted Are you hearing me? (RM2000) has its limitations; for about three years (at the What does the research it fails to consider individual time of writing - 2016). We suggest? relevant risk factors and need to be clear what this ‘Evaluations of much earlier Joanne Margaret – a prisoner’s partner people with respect. The reason given as to therefore cannot be used to means: the pilots appear to treatment programmes have why it is taking so long is that the hearing aid individualise treatment or have been concerned with so far produced mixed results has to be accompanied by him to the Audiol- risk management plans’ (Sex- making sure that the pro- on the effectiveness of such To me, visiting a loved one in prison is soul ogy department of a hospital. This means he ual Abuse: A Journal of Re- grammes can run smoothly, interventions, and no clear destroying because of the way myself and my must be accompanied by a guard(s), and that search and Treatment: Georgia not with effectiveness. There overarching conclusions can partner are treated by uneducated prison makes problems, and costs money. Barnett, et al 2010). has not been a randomised be drawn from any individual guards, and the similarly uneducated prison control trial (RCT) to deter- study’. (MoJ Impact & Evalua- system. I was trained as a Disability Equality I asked him how his Also, if … ‘A combination of mine if the programme actu- tion of the prison-based Core Trainer several years ago therefore, as a visitor, actuarial (static) and empiri- ally works’. (Robert A Forde). disability made him feel, his SOTP - 2017). I see for myself that the Disability Act is being cally guided clinical judge- ignored. I also know that this is against the answer was, “out of the loop, ment assessments is (should ‘There is little doubt that the ‘The sudden abandonment of law, the very same law that prisoners are serv- isolated, insulated, so I keep to be?) commonly used to assess best way to evaluate treat- ing time in prison for breaking. I have myself sex offenders (Source: Sexual ments (and not just psycho- the sex offender programmes seen that the way some disabled prisoners are myself, and I sometimes feel abuse - 2010) … why then are logical treatments) is by a shows that the MoJ had been very often ignored has a lasting and anguish- that I am a non-person”. people relying so heavily randomised control trial. conducting its own scientific ing effect on a disabled person. The guards do upon this RM2000 in isola- Why? Two groups are drawn evaluation of them, and the NOT seem to know that some disabilities are The prison where my partner is has very large tion? What is to be gained at random from the same pop- results were startling. The re- ulation and one undergoes not obvious. and very low tables, designed to keep you from this, apart from misla- search had shown that the belling people? Not much the treatment while the other apart. This is difficult when my partner can’t programmes may cause what apparently. does not. If the two groups My partner is registered deaf and tells me there hear me, and I can’t hear him. For him, the is termed a ‘rebound effect’ so are many others who are deaf also. If the noise in the room of many people talking and that they made the targeted guards realise, and most do not, their answer bouncing off the walls is confusing, and he behaviour more likely than to a person’s deafness is to shout as loud as cannot hear himself or me speak. I have asked less. The MoJ’s results indi- they can down the corridor. This comes out as the duty guards if we could sit near a wall, so cated a 25% higher reconvic- garbled, not understandable, and having a that he does not have stereophonic sound, (so tion rate (from 8% to 10%) amongst those who had un- tunnel effect. Speaking only for my partner, to speak) is met with a shrug and … “Oh, it’s CRIMINAL LAW - MENTAL HEALTH LAW - PRISON LAW dergone a programme com- his hearing aid has three microphones and not up to me, I just give out the number of the Fixed Fees From £150.00: because someone has shouted, and he is not table you have to sit at”. Naturally we lean pared with those who did not’. Guittard Applications Pre-Tariff Review able to understand the words, or indeed even forward, trying to communicate, and are con- (Robert A Forde). Re-cat Reviews HDC whether it is a prison guard or an inmate, he stantly being told off for leaning forward. I hope has to then go looking to see if it is meant for you, the reader, can imagine that a disabled Legally Aided Is it reasonable to suggest him. It can then lead to a problem, if a shouted person must feel he is leading a double sentence, Parole Independent Adjudication Category A Reviews that, by clinging to this cur- order is not obeyed. not only losing his freedom but being penal- Re-call Pre tariff Parole Board Reviews rent belief system, those em- Closed Supervision Centre ised, through ignorance, for his disability! ploying the RM2000 are He has a second hearing aid, and they regu- Mental Health Law (Legally Aided) making indefensible predic- larly need mending with wear and tear. One Please, Inside Time readers, add your story to Transfer to Hospital under Section 47 & Section 48 Mental Health Act tions about a person’s likeli- was repaired last year, at Preston. He is now mine, it is time we stood up to be counted, as Criminal Law hood of reoffending and at a different prison and has been waiting clearly our loved ones can’t in case it goes DO YOU have an ongoing confiscation order? reconviction once released, since early June for the second one to be re- against them as troublemakers. I don’t know DO YOU have an ongoing case and want to change solicitors? and that the impact of this paired. If that breaks down, then he will be for sure, but I have heard that a copy of Inside DO YOU want to appeal your IPP sentence? approach may be fur- completely deaf. He is already having counsel- Time is sent to every MP in the country, includ- Mental Health Law (Legally Aided) ther-reaching than one might ling for stress. I asked him how his disability ing the Prime Minister? I believe that Parlia- Transfer to Hospital under Section 47 & Section 48 Mental Health Act otherwise expect? made him feel, his answer was, “out of the ment should be made to understand that not For an immediate response, please contact: loop, isolated, insulated, so I keep to myself, and all unrest is caused because of drugs - it is For example, one only needs Yasmin Aslam I sometimes feel that I am a non-person”. because of the lack of the Human Rights of the Solicitor Advocate/Prison Law Supervisor to recognise the implications prisoner and his visitor and finding out the AGI Criminal Solicitors,489 Chester Road when it comes to a prisoner’s post-release license condi- I invite anyone who has a similar problem to human part of rights have been left out. Old Trafford, Manchester, M16 9HF write in about these ‘law breakers’, and hope Let’s stand together! tions to see the potential for to reach someone who is responsible for train- 24 Hours -7 days a week what may lay ahead. On a per- ing, someone who will teach the disability Editorial note sonal note, I am very worried. rules and regulations to the people who are Inside Time goes to the Justice Select Committee, CALL US! You, of course, are free to denying their responsibility of treating ALL the Prisons Minister and the Justice Secretary. 0161 226 2070 draw your own conclusions. Insidetime January 2019 www.insidetime.org Comment 25 ‘I spent 40 years being told I was stupid’

also helped me to help other anything and was stupid. isn’t it? When you can’t stop people in here. There is satis- That’s why receiving that let- thinking about doing it during faction in helping someone ter from PET saying I’d been the day at work - you just else, who is where you were. funded, it is difficult to ex- think: ‘I’ve got to get back to You think ‘I was once in that press how amazing that was get it done’. black hole, but I got myself out’. - that someone was believing in me. Could you sum up the differ- Amber: There is a sense of ence being funded has made pride in helping others. It What do you enjoy about to you? makes you feel warm inside. studying? Jennie: Courses like these are Cathy: Many women who ar- Jennie: The support from the the only way we have to really rive in prison have experi- outside tutors is so valuable. progress and better ourselves. enced trauma. The course My tutor at the moment [for a We can’t go further with edu- helped me to speak to them. counselling course] is a nun. cation in the prison system; You need to offer people a safe She’s really down on being funded gives that little space to speak. Being some- everything - punctuation, bit of hope. Getting that letter one who has been through it grammar. But it’s useful. She from someone who doesn’t yourself - and has moved for- said at the beginning: “You know me, but who knows I’m ward from their life being might not like what I put in in prison … that’s giving hope turned upside down - that the feedback but it’s construc- and inspiration. makes a big difference. tive.” And it works - it gets you “Being a student is normal” thinking out of the box. Credit: PET Amber: Getting an opportuni- What was education like for ty to change your life, that’s This winter, Prisoners’ Education Trust is raising money for you in school? Cathy: My last course - I the biggest thing. It’s a hum- couldn’t put it down. I’d get a bling feeling. And it’s a hope- women learning in prison. Every year, the charity funds over Cathy: I hated school. Because new assignment and I couldn’t ful feeling too. It’s like when 200 women to take distance learning courses or receive arts of my dyslexia - I don’t think stop thinking about it. I’d get you’re learning, your head’s they knew how to work with back to my cell and I’d think, not ‘in the gate’ [thinking materials. Their Communications Manager Katy Oglethorpe that. I spent the whole time ‘I’ll just take a peek inside the about release] - you go to a sort travelled to Cheshire’s HMP Styal to meet some of them. thinking ‘I can’t do that’. It pack’, then I’d think ‘Just a little of ‘learning bubble’. But at the was only when I was older that bit more’, and then I’d start same time you can see out of I got into education, and I sup- jotting things down. Eventually the corner of your eye there’s Why did you choose to do the front I’d realise again and Cathy: I’ve studied so many pose I realised I could do it. I’d be like ‘Right, I’m going to a bridge leading to the outside distance learning in prison? again they were giving an- courses since I’ve been here burn the midnight oil’. world. You think, with what I’m swers I was thinking in my which have all taught me dif- Jennie: It was the same for me. learning I can get to that bridge Amber: I was 18 when I came head. Now I’m a mentor and ferent things. Recently I stud- I spent the first 40 years of my Amber: That’s how you know - I can even cross it one day. to prison so I was young when we set ground rules we ied Grief and Bereavement life being told I can’t do you’ve chosen the right course All names have been changed. enough to be in that ‘Higher always start with ‘No question Counselling with PET. Before Education mode’. I started is a silly question’. I did the course I would shy working in the gym and real- away from [the subject]. You ised I was passionate about Cathy: You’re right, that’s im- see it with people around that and I wanted to pursue it portant - learning that no ques- death - they don’t know what - so I applied for fitness cours- tion is a daft question, that to say or do. I know what it’s es and then studied nutrition. no-one’s going to shout you like to be in pain and I’ve lost Now I’m building up my qual- down for asking it or tell you close members of my family. ifications so I can be a gym you’re stupid. That’s shared by a lot of the instructor when I get out. women here - you’d be sur- Amber: When I was doing the prised how many have suf- Denise: I have a long sentence, OU degree I remember think- fered grief and bereavement. so job opportunities weren’t ing there were loads of other at the top of my mind. I chose students who were doing the Has doing these courses my courses - psychology and same thing. 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provide and offer support. Naturally there are KNIFE VICTIMS sceptics who shrug off these meetings as a way to keep us working when we residents are meant Danny Jones and Craig Maddocks were both killed in knife to be ‘clocking off’. Alternatively, it has been attacks. Their mothers explain how the impact of their suggested that there are characters who may seek to take advantage of the design of a ‘check- deaths reaches far and wide and affects so many others in’ and use the meeting as a crutch during the weeks off we are given. we’ll ever know what it was over. The lad went and Whatever the opinion may be, one truth remains jumped all over Danny’s car, and that is here at Grendon people come to- Danny heard it and went to gether in support of each other. This stuck out see – they had a bit of a scuf- to me once after I reluctantly turned up to a fle, then this lad went to his check-in not fully aware of why I was going. As house and got a sword and you get on with your day it takes some doing came back and stabbed © Fotolia.com to casually walk past a room of people who are Danny. I sometimes wonder Reece Johnson willing to share their feelings; the same people if I’d got there sooner – but who have heard you out at any given time and we’ve been told there is those who you may consider friends. It may Danny nothing anyone could have Craig Starting without a bang sound dramatic but as people step through that done. There’s a lot of anger, door it shows another level of will to challenge I carry a lot of anger, be- There are many signs and reoccurrences here Danny’s mother They came in and told me my ones previous ideas of togetherness, support cause my son has been taken at Grendon that let you know we are well into Danny was a trainee ac- son had been killed. I said and their limitations within prison, helping new through someone else’s ac- winter. For instance, the timely complaints from countant, a job he’d wanted ‘no, no – he’s upstairs in ideas to begin to take a new shape. tions, which is not fair. What residents that the wings are too cold, shortly since he was younger. He bed, I heard him breathing’. I think is, if you go out with followed by scenes of particular residents cov- loved life, he was always So I had to go upstairs and As Christmas approaches, the adverts roll and a knife as big as the one that ering their pipes with orange prison issue blan- joking around. He liked check, because I did hear we pray that it doesn’t snow the night before killed Danny there’s only kets because their cells have been set to 25°c playing golf, he loved foot- him breathing. But he wasn’t our last visits of the year. Prison quickly becomes ever going to be one outcome What’s more, we have one of our two ‘Family a lonely place. Of course Grendon is a building ball. He was a massive Man- there. It was horrible. I came if you use it. The split second Days’ around November time and towards the like any other prison but the openness of the chester United supporter. He back down, and I just could anyone uses a knife – you end of that month the Christmas decorations people inside it makes it different to any other went to work, then texted me not think. I could not focus. don’t realise the devastation begin to go up. prison in the country. During this time, and after work asking me to pick I said ‘no, no, he’s not’. It it causes. Its not just the especially during the check-in, the winter ther- him up later in my car. He was a feeling of dread, a close family, its friends, its Still, it’s likely that one of the most welcomed apy break men can briefly but effectively come hadn’t long passed his test. feeling of anger – of not work colleagues. With occurrences during this period is the winter out from behind the smoke and mirrors and He was going to go to a wanting to leave the house, Danny, all his college therapy break which last for a couple of weeks acknowledge how much they are all missing friend’s house and have a being frightened of being friends had to have counsel- starting from mid-December. A therapy break their families and how much Christmas reminds couple of beers, so I said yes, left on my own. It was just so ling. It’s a ripple that goes a means that there are some adjustments to the them of tough times in their lives. that’s fine. And then I got a horrible. All the different everyday therapeutic process here at Grendon. phone call … to say he’d long way. People think it’s emotions that you go For those on the therapy wings there are no In my opinion the glamour attached to a been stabbed. So I rushed to just that one person af- through. His injuries were so groups to attend of any kind and although peo- Christmas and New Year in prison is the purest Oswestry, he was already in fected, it’s not, it’s massive… bad we weren’t allowed to ple may still be challenged for their behaviour form of prison falsehood and I believe many of the ambulance when I got it’s absolutely massive. I’ve see him straight away. He there is no ‘urgency’, for want of a better word, us throughout the system know this deep down. there. We went to Shrews- got a life sentence… I’ve got had fifty-two stab wounds. to explore people’s behaviour in a group setting Don’t get me wrong, over here residents are still bury hospital. They took him to live with this for the rest They told us the first one until the groups reconvene. However, I must inclined to make a cheesecake and a microwave into surgery, then they came of my life now. was in the spine. It should point out that although we are provided with curry, but you can believe that there will be back… and told us what they never have happened. He a break, we are also provided with the oppor- very few, if any residents on the trademark told us. We never expected Craig’s mother has three children. His little tunity to recommend a wing or group special scavenger hunt intent on locking up with drugs, them to come back and tell Craig liked boxing, he boy used to say, ‘I want to go if we want to discuss anything which is mobile phones and a bit of hooch looking to us something like that. At was a keen amateur boxer. and visit Daddy in the sky’, pressing. start the New Year with a ‘bang’. And so I guess his friend’s he’d phoned my He won the Welsh vest three ‘I want to fly’. And at one if your 2018 didn’t bang as had originally been nephew and asked him to times. He liked cycling and point he did actually say, ‘I Nevertheless, after spending some time in ther- planned it may be time to try something new. pick him up – but before my running. He liked to keep want to die so I can go and apy one of the key processes with regard to our Happy New Year! nephew got there, this lad himself fit. He was only in see my Daddy’. You don’t breaks which has caused me to reflect is our had got a sword and stabbed the pub twenty minutes, want to hear things like that. non -‘check-in.’ This is where residents and Danny. It was at his friend’s then he was dead. Four I’d give anything to have staff are invited to meet up during the middle o’clock in the morning the Reece Johnson, a nom de plume, is a resident house. 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Inside Time report Alex I have just finished a four-year psychology degree and I did a year’s placement in a secure Bethany hospital as a health care assistant, so I have I graduated from university last year after had experience working in a secure environ- following a very traditional education and ment. In my degree I did various modules, getting a degree in psychology. When I came which included sexual offending and develop- to the end of my degree, I wasn’t sure what I mental psychology. I was looking for a ‘people wanted to do; I was not sure if I wanted to stay job’ where I can work one-to-one with individ- on to do a Masters or to leave university. Whilst uals. I was looking at graduate websites and at university I volunteered with PACT at a local Unlocked Graduates came up; it portrayed the prison and spent a lot of time working in the role of a prison officer in such a way that any- visits hall. I was interested in criminal justice body could become an officer if they had the but didn’t know where, but working with PACT right mindset, and that really appealed to me. meant I was comfortable with the prison envi- I could see myself in a role I had never consid- ronment. I heard about Unlocked Graduates ered before - the job just spoke to me; the em- last January, I looked at other things as well, pathy, the resilience, the support, not like such as teaching, but I didn’t want to be a many people would have thought, such as teacher. As I searched, Unlocked Graduates uncaring. It interested me that I could do this kept popping up, so I went onto the website and had a look, and as soon as I saw it I knew I get along with the prisoners really well. Al- that it was something I would be interested in though they all have different needs, I always doing. The whole package was fantastic - work- approach them in the same way. They have ing, getting paid, and getting your Masters. “The prisoners I met were very normal and human” said I brighten up their day because I am smil- From my previous experience with PACT I was © prisonimage.org/doctored image ing, and I think that it is wonderful that I can pretty sure I would be comfortable working in make such a difference just by smiling; so im- a prison. agine the difference I can make when I can talk Unlocking the future to them. They are just great people who, per- I ‘went live’ at my prison six weeks ago and haps, haven’t realised their potential yet and was pleasantly surprised. I thought that on my Unlocked Graduates is the new scheme that recruits and trains I think I am there to help them realise that. It first few days of shadowing I was going to be is obvious to the men that I am new, and they all at sea, with not an idea of what was going graduates to work as prison officers. Inside Time spoke to three are keen to help because the better officer you on. I actually found it was not as intimidating who have just become ‘live’ in their respective prisons are then the more you can help them. When as I thought it would be. I felt like I knew little they thank me for helping them it really makes but the staff support was fantastic. The sup- prisoners with respect; by doing that I find I governor, you can get buried in the paperwork. my day and can change a day round completely. port from the prisoners was pretty overwhelm- get treated with respect as well. CM is about as high as you can go in uniform, ing; when you go in and say you are new they on the landings, and doing real prison work. If I stay in the prison service I will always want help you find your feet a little bit. I found it Michael to be front line in a ‘people job’. With my back- best to be honest about being new - there are I graduated from Oxford two years ago. I The first time I went into a prison was at High ground I think I will be able to help those with certain prisoners who don’t take it well when had a look around at what to do and I didn’t Down to see a production being put on. I re- mental health needs. I can see myself staying you say you don’t know, but many will say they want to do anything boring or office based. I member the prisoners I met were just very within the service, but I am not sure if I want will leave it with me to find out and it will help went for something the polar opposite of bor- normal and human, which makes sense be- to be a prison psychologist at this stage. You me later on. It’s good that they have that pa- ing. I am not sure if it will be my final career, cause they are normal and human but the can relate to the men better as a prison officer tience because they can get frustrated when I have two years to see how it goes and make media portrayal, not just in the general press than as a psychologist, and I want to feel I am things don’t get sorted out. that decision. I do like the job already and I but also in fiction, is so one-sided. It was nor- continuing to help them. I think the one-to-one think, as I get more experience, I will like it malising, but also prison is a very strange work is so important, which is why the key I have mostly positive reactions with prisoners more, and there is a career path if I want it. I place. Now I am working with prisoners I find worker schemes are great; it’s all about rela- - allowing yourself to build mutual trust is wouldn’t want to go above SO or CM. I am not they are all right, it’s like an interesting com- tionships, which our training emphasises. important. I went in with the attitude that I sure about being a governor. I like the personal bination of people you might meet at a bus stop should treat everybody the same and treat all interaction and I have heard that, as a on a Friday night. Bethany, Michael and Alex are pseudonyms

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Finally, September 18th 2017 hostel to sleep and ended up simply grown up and arrived and I walked out of only staying 2 weeks. I contin- amended my thinking. I still HMP Erlestoke a free man. ued working, had my first have my moments, I’ve been Free from the confines of Christmas outside prison in arguments since my re- Achieving release prison, but not free from the since 2006, became a gran- lease. Nothing serious, just sentence. I’m still serving the dad, fell in love and did a few life being real. As an IPP sen- IPP families ‘want to be a part of the solution’ IPP sentence. Something it’s talks about prison in PRU’S tenced for violence, there are important to come to terms (Pupil Referral Units.) risks but I always tell my Pro- Dr Harry Annison and Dr Rachel Condry date, no light at the end of the tunnel’. Unfor- with quickly. Visiting Proba- bation of any incidents. I’m tunately, but perhaps unsurprisingly, families tion that day, that fact was I bought a van and started my now on monthly reporting own general maintenance reported that release brought its own difficul- made perfectly clear. with Probation. It might We have written previously in Inside Time company and it’s been non- ties. Some spoke of the constant fear of recall, sound bizarre, but I actually (August 2018) about the problems of the Im- stop. I recently attended an of ‘living on the edge.’ Slowly but surely my life fell enjoy the meetings, I find prisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sen- event in prison, telling my back into place, I adjusted them beneficial … even tence, and our research that has sought to story and writing an article With the support of Public Policy Southamp- pretty quickly. A few small therapeutic. understand in particular the challenges faced about it for this paper. I en- ton, we recently presented our findings at an things happened that made by families of IPP prisoners. Our findings have joyed putting on a suit and event in the Houses of Parliament to senior now been published as: ‘The Pains of Indeter- me realise I was a little bit having people look at me like This isn’t a second chance, representatives of the Parole Board, HM Prison minate Imprisonment for Families of IPP Pris- institutionalised. For exam- I was an example of what can it’s more of a fifth or sixth and Probation Service (HMPPS), Ministry of oners’ (as a short briefing accompanied by a ple, when I moved into my be achieved. chance. My life is different, Justice, House of Commons Justice Committee, mum’s I still had all my train- strange in a way. I’m judged longer extended report). Findings will also be and more. The importance of the experiences ers lined up under my bed It’s not just me though, I’m by a different standard to my reported in the January issue of the Prison of families was recognised, as was the need to and my toothbrush on my lucky to have an amazing peers but that’s the conse- Service Journal. All of these publications are do more to ensure that families have the infor- windowsill. McDonalds now support network. My wonder- quence of my actions. An IPP available free online. Copies may also be avail- mation that they require and appropriate sup- resembles an Argos store and ful parents, children and isn’t the end; it can be the able through the prison library. port. Unfortunately, as yet there seems to be nearly every high street is amazing girlfriend, who’s on start of a new, better life. I little appetite among ministers to introduce made up of vape stores and my case if she thinks I’m slip- used it to re-evaluate my life The findings make clear the considerable chal- legislative changes to improve the situation empty pubs. ping into bad habits! Being and my violent behaviour. I lenges faced, and pains experienced, by many for remaining IPP prisoners. out and seeing how they used changed my thinking, grew families of IPP prisoners, and others involved The hostel was ok to be hon- to worry about me was hum- up and took responsibility. in providing ongoing support. Many of these More positively, we are pleased to have ob- est, it gave me the buffer I bling. Being imprisoned are common to all prisoner families - the cost tained funding to support a collaborative pro- needed so I didn’t go too makes you selfish, you switch My message to those IPPs still and time involved in maintaining contact; the ject between Southampton Law School and crazy immediately after re- off from how your situation inside is don’t give up hope - difficulties of communicating with prisons, the Prison Reform Trust, which will examine lease. Like everybody, I’d affects your loved ones, but there is a future if you want it. probation, the Parole Board and so on. There in more detail the specific issues faced by fam- heard horror stories about I’m lucky they are so support- With hard work, self-belief can be negative effects on children and the ilies of IPP prisoners, and what relevant or- hostels, but most were false. ive. I often wondered how I and a robust support net- broader family, and sometimes negative ganizations can do to address them, within I had an iPhone and could could ever repay their loyalty. work, anything is possible. health impacts on family members. the existing legislative framework. Our initial drink, even though I was It’s quite simple, I keep doing research highlighted numerous practical chal- In the case of IPP prisoners, families’ experi- breathalysed each night. I what I’m doing and make lenges faced by families of IPP prisoners, them proud. ences were importantly coloured by its specific worked with a mate from the Steve Newark is a writer and many of which will benefit from further legal and political context. As readers will first day, out from 6am until co-organiser of the Penned investigation. I’m certainly no angel; I’ve know, the IPP sentence was abolished in 2012. 12am. I was literally in the Up Arts Festival Relevant ministers at that time described it as The families we spoke to for the initial re- ‘unclear, inconsistent and used far more than search were keen to be seen as part of the solu- was ever intended’ and further went on to de- tion and to have their role in the support and scribe the fallout from the practical applica- rehabilitation of the prisoner recognized. And tion of the IPP sentence as being ‘unjust to the this follow-on project will very much enable people in question and completely inconsist- families to be part of the solution: it will in- ent with the policy of punishment, reform and volve a number of workshops with families of National Prison Law Solicitors rehabilitation’. But no legislative action was IPP prisoners to discuss, in detail, issues that taken to address the existing IPP population. www.instalaw.co.uk they face, and to discuss ways in which the situation might be improved. Instalaw Solicitors have over 40 years combined experience Respondents described ‘feeling bitter’, ‘not understanding’ how this situation could be representing prisoners rights and we can represent you no matter where you Relevant organizations including the Parole allowed, and the way it would ‘eat away at Board, HMPPS and the National Probation are in the country! you’. Families also emphasised the difficulties Service are keen to learn from families of IPP created by the uncertainty of the open-ended Specialists in Parole Board paper reviews, oral hearings & independent adjudications prisoners, and understand how they can do sentence: this raised substantial emotional more to improve the policies and practice of Our Prison Law Experts can help you with: challenges, with many families feeling as if their organizations in relation to people serv- they were serving the sentence with their rel- ing the IPP sentence and their families. ative. As one family member put it, ‘The not • Parole Board oral hearings • Mandatory Lifer Reviews knowing is the hardest part, we have no end While improving the day-to-day experience is • Paper Parole Reviews • IPP Paper & Oral Parole Reviews important, ultimately the concern of all IPP • Recalls • Independent Adjudications prisoners - and their families - is to achieve • Discretionary Lifer Reviews • Private cases (Transfer/HDC) GRAHAM & CO release from prison, and to remain in the com- munity long-term. Our project is particularly CRIMINAL SOLICITORS PRISON LAW mindful of the specific challenges in relation Call us today for free advice on: 01782 560 155 Adjudications to the IPP sentence around progression to- Home Detention Curfew wards release, and avoiding recall once in the Instalaw, 4th Floor Parliament House, Oral Hearings community. 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way, although at the time I thought my life was Sid Arter irritated him. And to make Having had a particularly ir- totally wasted I was wrong. Being alone for so matters worse, the rocks were ritating time with the new Terry Waite CBE long gave me an opportunity to get to know being invaded by barnacles; limpets, barnacles and sea- myself better in a way that would never have small shellfish that grew weed, the limpet set off. It soon happened if I had not been through the expe- The Limpet quickly and were taking up all found a spot a good distance rience. It certainly gave me a real understand- the free space on the rocks. from its old home and attached There was once a large limpet ing of what it is like to be deprived of liberty itself. Three weeks later it was Looking forward that lived on a rock at a beau- and to face misunderstanding and uncertainty. One afternoon, when the tide surprised to see the small fish, tiful coastal headland. The Let me start by wishing you all a very Happy I have always had a sympathy for those who was high, a small fish was who greeted it asking how limpet had attached to the New Year! For some this will be the last year find themselves in difficulty but because of swimming around and as it things were. “Brilliant, I wish spot as do all these shellfish; you spend inside. For others, well, release will this experience my sympathy was turned into approached the limpet it paid I’d moved sooner - there’s no empathy. Sympathy is to feel sorry for. Empathy who like snails, cockles and be a long way off. As a hostage, I had no idea its respects and asked if it seaweed always in my face and is to know what it is like to feel the pain and mussels get their food from when or if I would be released or even if I would could search for scraps of food no troublesome neighbours be released at all. Not only was I threatened suffering of others. the rock they attach to and around the base of the shell. from the sea water washing and plenty of food on the water by my captors but also by the events that were The limpet was happy to agree currents that flow here - I wish taking place in the streets outside where I was You ... have abilities that over them. The limpet had and so delighted that the fish been in the same spot for over I’d moved sooner, thank you being held; somewhere in downtown Beirut. was respectful that he thanked so much”. Lebanon was in turmoil. There was fighting can be developed in a creative a year and whilst it did move it and even spat out a few bits around a bit during high-wa- of food he had scraped off the in the streets and heavy shelling. One day the way. As best you can, use this To what extent do we have a guards came into my cell and moved me to the ter, it always returned to the rocks that he’d saved for him- mindset like that limpet? The back of the building as heavy fighting was time inside as creatively as same spot when the tide went self. The fish ate them, rut we are in is actually not taking place outside. They chained me in a out. In recent months the lim- thanked the limpet and asked possible. Look to 2019 with that good; but it’s what we bathtub and then evacuated the building leav- pet had got increasingly him how things were? The fish know, and we are fearful that ing me in the bathroom! As I was lying in the hope and not with despair. irritated. almost wished it hadn’t asked, tub I heard a tremendous explosion as a shell as the limpet set forth and bent if we move and/or change then landed on the building next door. There were When release eventually came, as it will for A number of new limpets had the fish’s ear about all that the we might not like the alterna- screams and shouting followed by the sirens most readers, I was fortunate as I got help to attached themselves nearby limpet saw that was wrong tive. We will never know till of what I imagined were ambulances. adjust to ordinary life again. After being locked and they did not always re- about where it lived. we try. For many people in Eventually things calmed down, my captors up for years the return to so called ‘normal’ life spect where the limpet rested custody the life they were lead- returned and moved me back into my normal can be difficult. Only the other day I was in a each day, and occasionally he The fish listened carefully and ing before custody had much cell where they chained me to the wall I had prison talking to someone who may shortly be had to flex his muscles and politely, and after the limpet wrong with it and not always been chained to for years. released after spending forty years in jail! Forty move on the intruders. The had finished said … “why a great deal of good - but they years! It’s hard to believe, but it’s true. I can seaweed that grew on the don’t you move?” The limpet are stuck in a rut. So perhaps As IPP prisoners will know only too well its not only hope that that individual will get the sup- rocks had done well in the replied it had always lived it’s time to consider a change… easy to not know when, or if, you are going to port needed. I must say that I take my hat off warm summer sun and when there and feared it might be be released. If you have a release date then at to the governor of the jail in which this prisoner the tide was high the weed got worse somewhere else. “You least you can adjust to that but when you don’t is being held as he is doing everything he pos- washed about and kept brush- won’t know unless you try”, Sid Arter is a teacher sibly can do to see that proper support is given know that it’s not easy. My way of coping with ing into the limpet, which said the small fish. and entertainer that situation was not to think too much about on release. the future but to concentrate on the now. I remember saying to myself that I still had a life Forty years is unusual but even after a period of sorts and I had better try and live it as fully of three or four years inside the return can be as possible, given the severe restrictions of the tough. All I can say is: Don’t despair and don’t situation. I had no books or papers or TV or waste your life by trying to escape through Radio or companionship as I was in very strict drugs or what have you. I spent quite a long solitary. So everything had to be done mentally. time talking to the long term prisoner and dur- I had no pen or paper so I wrote poems and ing the conversation quickly realised that I was stories in my head. Some people find it strange speaking with a person with under-developed when I say that during those years I put my creative talents. family right to the back of my mind. I had to do so otherwise I would have driven myself My guess is that you, the person reading this crazy worrying about how they were coping. column, have abilities that can be developed I thought that my absence would badly affect in a creative way. As best you can, use this my children. Well, it was tough for them to be time inside as creatively as possible. Look to sure but I underestimated the resilience of 2019 with hope and not with despair. I often children. used to say to myself when I felt down, ‘There are people who are in a far worse situation than All this is a long time ago now but the memories me.’ Sounds a bit trite I know but its true nev- remain. They don’t haunt me for, in a surprising ertheless. So, a happy New Year to you.

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2-4 Bradford Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1DU 32 Comment www.insidetime.org Insidetime January 2019 Inside Voices The Hardman Directory between craving for food and craving for drugs Top tips for and alcohol, so the important thing is to keep our blood sugar levels stable by eating regu- and Education larly, with a mixture of protein, carbs and fruit New Year and veg. Bruce Roth orange, with ‘Funds ETP’ as There is help the label. Education, Training N Gully - HMP Parkhurst Don’t get too isolated and Preparing for work is the out there, but you Reach out to some good people. One thing I For many in prison, education focus of this section and after need to make the The New Year is a good opportunity to either get learned in my early recovery was that an addict is a big part of life. It could be an introduction and reflec- clean and sober or build an even stronger re- on their own is an addict in bad company. That that you are learning to read tion there are forty-four pages effort to find it. covery if we already are, so having been clean said, a recovering addict hanging out with a through the Turning Pages detailing what is and isn’t and sober for many years both in and out of The Hardman using addict is really bad news. Avoid war scheme or gaining numeracy available from funders. Some prison, I thought it might be helpful to share stories about our using and drinking days (let’s skills, with the help of a fel- are specific to a particular Directory is there some thoughts on how we can move into the New face it - it was shit) and tell anyone that you low prisoner, via One2One. region, some are for univer- Year and get and stay clean and sober. The eas- used to hang out with who drinks or uses that to help. You might be taking one of sity level only and some pro- iest way of remembering this is to make sure it’s nothing personal, but you need to stay the many excellent courses tutor will also help, so if you that we stop ourselves from feeling too S.H.I.T. clean and sober as we owe it to our family. If vide books rather than that are provided by the Edu- have done courses with the your prison has some rehab support then use money, so you need to go cation Department in your Don’t get too stressed it, and if they run NA or AA meetings then get through the whole section Education Department then By planning ahead and being organised with to them. If not, then you can contact NA or AA prison. For some, distance- making sure you check on ask your tutor if they will our lives, getting to the gym to relieve some and ask for a sponsor, who will be there to learning is providing the that sort of detail. write something about how tension and having a cell exercise plan, doing support you. When we are strong enough in chance to study at a higher hard you worked. some meditation, tai chi and yoga to chill out, our own recovery, we can be there to help oth- level, say City & Guilds, NVQ Most of the funders provide keeping out of debt and living within our ers who want to get clean and sober too. or even The Open University. an address to write to, but you There are details of student means, keeping out of prison politics and One problem with that could should also plan ahead and loans as well and that may be mindless gossip, having no drink or drugs in Don’t get too tired be how to finance your stud- keep notes of web addresses the best way to fund higher our cells, including unauthorised meds that Get good and regular sleep. I have an 8 to 8 ies, for above Level 2, public for when you leave prison. It level study. Student Finance you might have as back up. Or having too many rule where I don’t worry about anything from funding won’t usually be is worth trying to contribute has two pages, one specifi- prescribed meds that you could misuse, and 8pm to 8am and I practise mindfulness and available. That is where The even a small amount to show cally detailing the Disabled writing a gratitude list each day of 5 good focus on the moment. If I can’t sleep, I focus Hardman Directory could funders that you are doing Students Allowance which is things we have in our lives and don’t want to on my breath and count from 1 to 10and then come to your aid for the focus everything you can towards worth knowing about if you ruin. Give up blame and self-pity and accept come back to 1 again once I’ve noticed that my of the Directory is on have dyslexia, dyspraxia, where we are and make a fresh commitment mind has wandered into the past or future. paying for the course. In the funding. to rise again and have a good life after jail. Reflection, on page 66, this ADHD or mental health con- Find something that makes us laugh, as recov- A lot of people get through Christmas on white- point is made along with the ditions such as anxiety or If you go to the prison library ery needs to be fun too. knuckle sobriety and then pick up in the New importance of telling your depression. There is help out Year, so we can use this time to build the right you will find a copy of the Di- funders how you are getting there, but you need to make Don’t get too hungry foundation for the future and start to follow rectory and there is a section on with your studies. A good the effort to find it. The Hard- The brain struggles to know the difference our dreams. You can rule the world. in the middle, colour-coded academic reference from your man Directory is there to help.

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The 2018/19 guide for prisoners and ex-offenders HOUSING SUPPORT seeking funding support for personal development and resettlement purposes Insidetime January 2019 www.insidetime.org Information 33 ‘Education is the key that opens ‘The findings are very concerning’ the golden door of freedom’ PET Head of Policy Francesca Cooney PET funded Ola to study for a Diploma in ‘Mandy’ was always into beauty and responds to Ofsted’s report on prison grooming; she did a distance learning education counselling while she was in prison. Now she beautician and Nail Art course (often using me as a guinea pig for her assign- helps other women in prison transform their ments!). Prior to her release, I helped Ofsted, the government department responsible for inspecting explore funding streams for a business education, children’s services and skills, have just produced lives through education. Here’s Ola’s story... start-up grant. We drew up a business their annual report. Over the last year, they worked with the plan for a nail shop up in the north of prisons inspectorate (HMIP) to carry out 41 inspections. When away their need to reason independently England. I’m pleased to say that in her a prison is inspected, three or four education inspectors will and make choices. last letter, she stated that the revolving attend as part of the inspection to look specifically at activity door to prison was now shut permanently provision. Ofsted’s grading forms part of the score in the pur- My first job in custody was as a teaching in her mind. Her children showed her poseful activity section of HMIP inspection reports. assistant, helping to test new residents respect for the first time in their lives and to ascertain their level of education be- she can now walk through the town cen- Some education departments in prisons have improved, and fore dispersing them to jobs and courses. tre with her head held high. She has even we know that many prison tutors go above and beyond to pro- employed an assistant! mote learning and to engage people through their teaching. But As a keen reader, I was always in the li- overall, Ofsted’s findings were very concerning. Against a brary. I read all available books and had I believe that more can be done if female background where adult education in the community is show- to order books from other libraries. I prisoners can access funding to more ing signs of improvement, the findings in prisons are even therefore became friendly with the li- courses. Give a woman a fish and you starker. For instance, four percent of further education estab- brarian, an officer who also acted as the give her a meal, teach her to fish and you lishments in the community were graded as outstanding but Distance Learning coordinator. I ex- feed her for a lifetime, as well as genera- no prison education department received the highest score last plored the courses available and settled tions after her; because women are the year. 66% of further education providers in the community for a Diploma in counselling. I drafted a greatest evangelists, you can be assured were rated as good last year - against 39% of providers in prison. compelling letter in support of my appli- that she will in turn teach her children And improvement is too slow - while 11 establishments showed Ola, education champion cation for funding from Prisoners’ Edu- to fish and neighbours will also improvement, five of them had only moved from the lowest Credit: PET cation Trust and they agreed to part fund benefit. grade to the second lowest. Ofsted’s message is very clear - ur- the course. As a result I gained that val- gent action is needed to ensure that prisons and particularly In June 2013 the greatest thing I feared uable qualification which opened the As a peer advisor, I assisted residents underperforming ones are helped to improve. throughout their custody journey from came upon me when I found myself in- door to many other things. carcerated in HMP Peterborough. A lot of reception to release. While it is sad to see Ofsted describe the five things they typically find when edu- the women there were vulnerable, hav- fear on the faces of first-time prisoners I became a connections worker - a peer cation departments are failing: limited access to activities; too ing fallen victims of addiction, abuse, as they come through the reception advisor seeking to help my peers to better few places; ineffective monitoring; narrow choice of courses mental health disorders and poor educa- gates, when they can add value to their their lot in life, knowing that education that does not support successful resettlement; and prisoners tion. I became a ‘people watcher’, finding knowledge or skill, or can equip them- is the key that opens the golden door of being unclear about their progress (because tutors do not iden- myself seeking reasons why some women selves for a more independent living, tify or document their achievements). find solace in prison and keep coming freedom - emotional, psychological, fi- they leave with confidence and hope of nancial and physical. I encouraged many a better life. I would like to see every through revolving doors. Believe it or So, what should happen now? The new education contracts not, some prefer the prison environment to educate themselves along the lines of woman with criminal justice involve- start in April and governors will have more say over what is - the certainty of three square meals, the their passion which will equip them to ment have access to the transformative offered in their prisons. We hope this will mean that prison regimented timetabling which takes make a living. power of education. education staff and other prison managers will work closely together to make sure that people are getting out of their cells and going to workshops and classrooms, with enough places Confiscation Specialists for full-time activities. - Section 17 responses; We also hope that engagement in education will increase, and prisoner mentors will be used to support others to learn. We’d - Section 23 (variation) applications; like to see learner voice councils in every prison, and more initiatives such as in Wakefield, where men have been involved - Time to pay applications; Providing access to justice for all sections of Society in quality improvement and curriculum planning. Provision - Third-party interest applications; UPDATE: Dr Laura Janes and Rikki Garg have joined should be varied, with students able to study high-quality our prison law team as consultants courses at levels that meet their needs and support their self-de- - Enforcement; Adjudications Actions against the Police Crime velopment, further learning, or employment prospects. Lastly, achievements should be recorded and recognised, to support - Appeals. Parole Hearings Actions against the Prison Appeals motivation and build confidence. “...a reputation for excellence...” Legal 500 Lifer Tari s Actions against Public Bodies Family We would love to hear your thoughts on Ofsted’s findings. We will share what we learn through social media and on Contact James O’Hara on 0207 404 3004 Categorisation Community Care Housing or our website. All contributions will be anonymised unless Recall Mental Health & Public Law requested otherwise. Please send your thoughts to: FREE- Freephone 0800 254 5001 Court of Protection POST, Prisoners’ Education Trust. Ashford Birmingham Crawley Croydon Dartford Leeds PET fund over 300 types of distance-learning courses. To London Manchester Peterborough apply, you will need to: l Have at least six months left to serve in custody; Contact us now: l 0800 999 3399 or 020 8299 6000 Be serving your sentence in a prison in England or Wales; [email protected] l Have Level 2 Numeracy and Literacy, but we can be Central admin team, 2A Melbourne Grove, London SE22 8PL flexible depending on the applicant and the chosen course. 13-16 Elm St, London WC1X 0BL www.ikandp.co.uk To look at a full curriculum, or for more information about how to apply, please speak to your prison’s Education [email protected] Department. 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PRISON Ryan Harman complaints process for the order for NHS England to carry REFORM Advice and Info prison. You should speak to out an investigation.’ ‘The Long Haul’ TRUST Service Manager the healthcare team in the pris- on to get information about If you are not happy with the It’s the time of year when win- their own complaints process response by NHS England, you training in mental health awareness and sui- ter bugs mean we are all more in the first instance. can then ask the Parliamentary cide prevention. likely to have need of health- and Health Service Ombudsman Juliet Lyon CBE care services. Unfortunately, If you are not happy with the to look at your complaint. You It is still frustratingly slow. Yes, the rise in access to healthcare services response from the initial com- can write to the Ombudsman deaths has slowed. But life is precious: any in prison is still one of the plaint to the healthcare pro- at: The Parliamentary and Our Keeping Safe partnership with Inside death in custody is one too many. In 2018 there major concerns that people vider, you can then write to Health Service Ombudsman, Time, Prison Radio and the Samaritans began were a shattering number, almost 50,000, inci- raise through our advice ser- NHS England, their contacts Millbank Tower, Millbank, two years ago at this dark time of year. We are dents of self-harm. We feel for the man who vice - a point that we made to details are: NHS England, PO London SW1P 4QP or tele- the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in wrote to the IAP: ‘Cut the red tape within pris- the Health and Social Care Box 16738, Redditch B97 9PT. phone: 0345 015 4033, 8.30am- Custody (IAP), a small, independent non-de- on… anything that could and can be done committee last year during Tel: 0300 3112 233. 5.30pm, Monday to Friday. partmental public body. And our one aim is to should be the same day and not the next or their inquiry into prison prevent deaths in state custody. In the face of next day when we have the staff available to health. Access to If you need any help with mak- a rising tide of tragic self-infl icted deaths in see you. As that is one of the biggest knock- healthcare services ing a complaint about health, prison, at the start of 2017 we turned to you to downs a person hears when he/she is in need Some difficulties experienced you can also ask an organisa- ask how best to prevent suicide and self-harm. and feeling very low about themselves.’ We in prison in relation to health- in prison is still one tion called NHS Complaints agree with the prisoner who wrote: ‘The big- care are not necessarily the Advocacy for advice. You can of the major con- contact their helpline on: 0300 Inside Time readers, Prison Radio listeners gest way I think suicide can be reduced in responsibility of the health- 330 5454. and Samaritan Listeners responded brilliant- prison is to reduce the feeling of powerlessness care service itself. Over the cerns that people ly. Just over a year ago we published ‘Keeping that many of us feel about our lives. We need past few years, restricted re- raise through our Please be aware that the above Safe’ and reported on what 150 prisoners to feel we have some power to determine our gimes in some prisons, caused in part by low staffing levels, steps refer to complaints across 60 prisons said about suicide preven- futures, power to eff ect some change in our advice service. have resulted in limited access raised about healthcare ser- tion. We promised to make sure your views lives that would give us hope that there is a to appointments, difficulties You will need to give your vices in prisons in England. In were considered and a response given. At the future there for us.’ getting daily medication and name; your contact address; other areas we advise speak- time, we made it plain that: ‘It takes a long cancellation of important ex- the name of the service you ing to staff for information So now we enter 2019 with a clear plan to help time to change things in prison - sometimes ternal appointments. If you want to complain about; a about the escalation process ensure that recommendations made by the far too long’. From the start, the IAP and Inside are considering making a com- clear description of what you or contacting our advice and Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) and Time said ‘this isn’t a one-off . We are in this plaint about the healthcare want to complain about; when information service for contact Coroners are implemented and lessons for the long haul. And we will make sure that service you have received in it happened; and send any details of relevant bodies. learned. In response to your statements ‘Jail is what you say counts.’ In our fi rst article, the prison it is worth trying to work relevant documents you have. IAP promised: ‘We will do our best to work out not a mental hospital. Well it shouldn’t be. But out whether the problem is how to be wise before the event rather than it is at present’ and ‘Spending money on our about the way the prison pro- NHS England also advise that You can contact the Prison having to learn from tragedy.’ mental health services could prevent so many vided access to the service, or they usually need consent to Reform Trust’s advice team at people resorting to crime in the fi rst place’, in whether it is about the health- share the complaint with the FREEPOST ND6125 London Since then we have kept our promise and used the next few weeks the IAP will publish the care service itself. service in order to investigate EC1B 1PN. Our free informa- every opportunity to get your solutions across results of our independent survey with the it and suggest that you include tion line is open 3.30pm-5.30pm to people with the power to change things - Magistrates Association about the use of men- If you do need to make a com- the following line in order to on Monday and Thursday, and whether through meetings with Ministers and tal health treatment requirements by the plaint about the healthcare speed up the process: ‘I give 10.30am-12.30pm on officials in the Ministry of Justice, the courts. Having submitted our briefi ng and your service itself, you should be permission for my complaint Wednesday. The number is Department of Health and the Home Offi ce, letters on the damage to the mental and phys- aware that this is a separate to be shared with (insert name 0808 802 0060 and does not through discussion with prison managers and ical health of people still serving an IPP we process from the internal of GP / dental surgery etc.) in need to be put on your pin. staff , evidence to Parliamentary committees, await, and will report to you on, the response meetings with family groups and voluntary of Justice and Health Ministers. In March our organisations or by reaching out to the public Keeping Safe partnership will run a major DAVIES & JONES See our through the media. We have drawn on your event for prison governors and staff , former SOLICITORS views to advise on improvements to fi rst night prisoners, families, volunteers and all those page in the arrangements, better family contact, including who care deeply about protecting lives. ‘Jailbreak’ section Specialising in increasing use of in-cell telephones, new plans for IEP schemes and changes to ACTT to stop Our New Year’s resolution stands fi rm: togeth- Criminal Defence and it becoming the ‘box-ticking exercise’ which er we can, and will, prevent deaths in custody. THE PRISON Prison Law you had criticised. We have supported and O f f e r i n g encouraged the re-assembling of safer custody Juliet Lyon is Chair of the Independent PHOENIX TRUST teams, appointment of new staff and new Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAP) N a t i o n w i d e S e r v i c e Head doing you in? PAROLE HEARING COMING UP? Stressed out? • All Criminal Court Proceedings Can’t sleep? • Parole Applications A producer making a lm for Channel 4 would like • Licence Recall to hear from long term prisoners in Scottish Jails Simple yoga and • Appeals awaiting parole. meditation practice, • Adjudications working with silence and the We’ll lm your journey, your tribunal and hear from breath, might just transform Contact you directly about the parole process and your your life in more ways than David Rees or Simon Palmer hopes for getting out. Everything you say is o the you think ... Interested? record, until you decide for sure to take part. Davies & Jones Write to The Prison Phoenix Trust 32 The Parade, Roath, P.O. Box 328, Oxford, OX2 7HF. Cardiff, CF24 3AD

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Inside Time report the minister must respond, team for reversing a recent within weeks, with a plan to deterioration in standards, solve the problems identified. whilst Altcourse was de- 2018 was a busy year for the HMP Nottingham had the du- scribed as providing ‘funda- prison inspectorate’s team bious honour of being the first mentally decent treatment with nearly 50 inspections of prison to be ‘notified’, fol- and conditions, despite facing HMP Wakefield HMP Send prisons and young offenders’ lowed, in the next few the same challenges as other High security prison for category A and B Closed resettlement prison for women institutions (YOIs), as well as months, by Exeter, Birming- local prisons’. male prisoners inspections of court custody, ham and Bedford. Birming- Unannounced Inspection: 18-29 June 2018 immigration removal centres ham was deemed to have so The female estate usually Unannounced Inspection: 11, 12 & 18-22 June Published: 21 November 2018 (IRCs), police custody suites, 2018 Published: 1 November 2018 many problems that the min- achieves well and a February Safety W W W W prisoners transport and de- ister took control back from 2018 inspection of HMP & YOI SafetyW W W W Respect W W W W portation transport. In addi- G4S for an initial period of 6 Low Newton found ‘an excel- Respect W W W W Purposeful Activity W W W W tion, they produced a special months. lent women’s prison dealing Purposeful Activity W W W W Resettlement W W W W report on Close Supervision with the challenges and needs Resettlement W W W W Centres (CSCs), so-called Across the many inspections, of a very complex population.’ “Excellent women’s prison needing to “Calm and safe but men with severe ‘prisons within prisons’, and reports varied from ‘very A later inspection of HMP & address deterioration in education, work mental health problems not receiving two very important thematic good’ to ‘poor’ or ‘dangerous’. YOI Styal had inspectors com- and training” care they need” reports: ‘Social care in pris- A number of themes seemed mending ‘an approach which ons in England and Wales’, to appear in successive re- builds hope in a complex Overall, Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Inspectors say the prison was calm and had an and ‘Incentivising and pro- ports, whether of high achiev- women’s population.’ Prisons, described Send as an “excellent” prison atmosphere that spoke of good order, safety, moting good behaviour’ ing or low achieving prisons, dealing with a “highly complex population” of security and decency. However, Mr Clarke says: which explored how incen- and the most prominent A problem faced by many up to 282 often high-risk prisoners. Living con- “A problem that was not unique to Wakefield, tives and behaviour manage- amongst them was the short- prisons is the influx of drugs, but which was particularly acute there, was ditions were clean and decent and most women ment systems operate in YOIs age of staff and problems especially the New Psychoac- that of transferring prisoners under the Mental reported very positively about many aspects of and Secure Training Centres caused by new inexperienced tive Substances (NPS), the Health Act to secure accommodation. Because daily living. Relationships between staff and (STCs). staff. The actual prison envi- most common of which is of the totally unacceptable delays in doing so, women were excellent and, Mr Clarke said, ronments seemed to have de- ‘Spice’. Inspectors reported many prisoners across the prison estate are “were at the heart of the prison’s success.” HM Chief Inspector of Prisons teriorated, with many reports efforts from prisons around held in conditions that are not in any way ther- Peter Clarke has been in the of structural problems and the country to stem the influx apeutic and indeed in many cases clearly ex- The report says that most women had more than role for over three years and vermin. The massive problem of drugs which has seen many acerbate their condition. This is a national 10 hours out of their cells and inspectors found has continued to produce a of overcrowding was reported prisoners hospitalised, some strategic issue to which we have made reference very few locked up during the working day. The detailed reflection on what as causing untold problems dead, and many staff affected many times in inspection reports. The situation range of education on offer was good but op- his team have found and does which, combined with staff by smoke from drugs. At one at Wakefield was yet another example of pris- portunities in work and vocational training not pull his punches. In many shortages, meant many pris- prison the inspectors them- oners with severe illness not receiving the care were more limited. Allocations to activity need- reports this year he has again oners spending too many selves felt they were becom- that they needed. ed improvement and employer engagement bemoaned the fact that many hours locked in cells. Educa- ing affected by the fumes. was insufficient. Attendance and retention in recommendations from previ- tion, workshops and rehabil- Allied to the drug problem is “Despite the fact that we found an overall im- education and vocational training were mixed ous reports have not been met. itation were all seen to be the increase in violence, provement in the area of purposeful activity, and, in some vocation and work settings, women suffering. Some prisoners which is reflected in many there was still a need to provide sufficient ac- were insufficiently productive. The manage- January saw the first Urgent were still surviving with no reports; and in many cases tivity places for the entire population. This ment of resettlement, in contrast, was strong Notification Protocol letter immediate sanitation and the inspectors say that more must would then complement the adequate time out and offender management was at the heart of sent to Justice Secretary continued use of ‘night-san’. be done to stem the flow. of cell that was already available to those who a prisoner’s experience. The quality of case David Gauke, by which the were employed. The introduction of key work- management inspectors observed was good Chief Inspector of Prisons Bleak as some inspections Each prison has copies of its ers, offering an ongoing link between individual and most women knew they had a custody plan. (HMCIP) can notify the min- were, there were bright points own inspection reports avail- prisoners and identified officers, was a key ister of a prison for which he too. HMP &YOI Parc was able in the library for prison- strategic initiative. Early indications were that The reception area was clean and staff were has particular concerns and praised by the inspection ers to read. this could be a highly significant development, welcoming. The atmosphere was relaxed and and once it was fully embedded could well offer women had good opportunities to speak infor- the opportunity for further improvement in the mally with a Listener. All women were offered area of rehabilitation and release planning.” SOCIAL SERVICES a free telephone call and something to eat and PROBLEMS ? were not strip-searched routinely. They had a Making recommendations, the report notes: private interview with an officer, and this cov- Criminal Defence and Appeals Toilets and showers should be adequately CARE PROCEEDINGS? ered appropriate topics, including vulnerability Specialising in all areas of criminal law, from screened; The evening meal should not be served minor offences to serious crimes - Murder, and risk. WE SPECIALISE IN before 5pm; There should be no administration Fraud, Conspiracy to Defraud, Confiscation charge for catalogue orders; Responses to ap- Proceedings Appeals, Variation & Discharge of ACTING FOR PARENTS plications should be tracked and monitored to Summing up, Mr Clarke said: “HMP Send was Restraint Order and Money Laundering ensure timeliness and focus on the matters raised. an excellent prison run by a very effective gov- Immigration and Nationality Law Ring us to arrange a visit ernor and caring staff. The women at the prison Comprehensive solutions to immigration Summing up, Mr Clarke says: “By any standards were treated with decency and care, being kept and British nationality issues GLP Solicitors this was a good inspection, which was highly safe and treated with respect. The prison pro- Family Law 20a Lakeland Court creditable given the complexity of the prison. vided services for some very difficult and po- Divorce - sound advice about your rights and Middleton the options available The high standards, good practice and improve- tentially dangerous women, yet did so with Manchester M24 5QJ ments that have been achieved were the result confidence and competence. There was work Wills & Probate of hard work and dedication on the part of those to do to improve education, vocational training Please contact Anthony Mordi or Michael Okogwu 0161 who clearly took very seriously their responsi- and work, so we have left the prison with a few Ground Fl Rear 143 High St, Barnet EN5 5UZ bilities for the safe, secure and purposeful im- recommendations which we hope will assist in Tel: (020) 7619 96 66 653 6295 prisonment of those in their care.” this process.” 24 Hour Emergency: 07956 923 482 38 Legal www.insidetime.org Insidetime January 2019

Advertorial Inside Voices case from the outset, particu- Confiscation Orders larly the benefit figure. To most people, this will seem as though it has been plucked What use is the CCRC? really are for life from fresh air - which it usually has! Because the burden of proof reverses to the defence, Tony Yallop - HMP Peterborough eventually aired on 30th April 2018, but many Section 22 Applications the Crown come up with any of us are wondering if it has been censored? random figure, because they Still, it gave several examples of miscarriages Helen Lynch monitoring land registry and surveillance. can - and you must disprove it. It is well known within the prison system that of justice in which the evidence submitted had the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) been selective and anything detrimental to the If the value of your house in- Many lawyers take for granted does not function in the way it was set up to prosecutions’ case was hidden. Photos, state- For those currently facing creases, they will apply for a the benefit figure, but I have do. They are a political extension working ments and documents were deliberately with- Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) Section 22 to increase the been banging the drum for within the judiciary, doing the total opposite held from the defence, thus skewing justice. proceedings, it’s important to order to that amount. If you years as to the importance of to what they are meant to do. Instead of inves- be aware the case doesn’t end are seen driving a car that is the benefit figure - because tigating complaints with the special powers How can a Panorama programme be pulled when the confiscation order not on finance or lease, or you the disparity (the difference they claim to have, they simply perform from the airwaves in the first place? Is free is made. The prosecution can have a few thousand pounds between the benefit amount box-ticking exercises with a steady flow of speech no longer an essential part of the Eng- come after you for further in the bank, they will apply to and the available amount) refusals to refer cases to the Appeal Court, lish way of life? Many of our ancestors fought money well after the original take it; they will also restrain really is a debt for life! using statements like … ‘they need new evi- wars against communism and dictatorship, order has been made; years or the bank account first and ask dence to re-open a case’. This is a ridiculous where free speech is not recognised. Yet when even decades into the future. questions later. If you are reading this publi- statement to make, being as most people turn it comes to exposing shortcomings in the Brit- This is known as a Section 22 cation for the first time, you to them to find new evidence as a last hope in ish judiciary, it is simple; as things stand, Eng- Application. You may have been told casu- have probably just started the justice system. They rely on people within land is worse than any repressed country. ally by your defence team that your sentence and a POCA prison not having much knowledge of the law In simple terms this is when you are only at risk of the Crown timetable will have been fixed. or the English language, by giving them am- Although they might be polite the CPS/SFO/NCA apply to in- re-visiting your confiscation You may not be familiar with biguous answers which never satisfactorily and eloquent in their conduct, they crease your available amount order if you win the lottery, or POCA proceedings and you address the point. Although they might be are actually showing utter con- as they have information that if you inherit something; this will need expert help to guide polite and eloquent in their conduct, they are assets are now available that is completely misleading. The you through the swamp. You actually showing utter contempt for a system tempt for a system in which they were not when the confisca- Crown are no longer only must act quickly and contact in which they are meant to be the safety net. are meant to be the safety net. tion order was first made. One making these applications for a POCA specialist before any sure-fire way of avoiding re- hundreds of thousands of amateur mistakes are made. If one person was to withhold evidence from The way sensitive undisclosed evidence is peated Section 22s is to make pounds. We have seen appli- It is possible to obtain a trans- a court, they would be guilty of obstructing the used as a tool to hide any material which could sure the job is done correctly cations where a property has fer of legal aid from your trial course of justice. If two people do it it’s con- assist a defendant; the use of informants who, in the first place, so you are increased in value by only solicitors, but the sooner the spiracy to pervert the course of justice, and yet in the majority of cases, lie to get immunity not at risk. £5,000. Similarly, a car with better as the Court are less when the Department of Public Prosecutions and be let out of jail scot-free to repeat the cycle; a value as little as £6,000 is likely to make a transfer order (DPP) does it they seem to be above the law. it’s enough to make you pull your hair out. Applications under Section 22 an asset commonly being once the POCA proceedings How can they abuse the very thing they are of the POCA are undoubtedly sought. These applications are underway. sworn to uphold? In October 2018 Alison Saun- The police claim there is neither the time nor the harshest and they are on are favoured by the Crown ders, Head of the DDP, was forced to step down resources to properly investigate every case. Surely that’s their job? In the case of those who the rise. The Crown now has because they are very rarely (with a golden handshake) for doing just that! Helen Lynch heads up the Con- have been imprisoned because of hidden evi- a team of dedicated Financial contested and so the Court Investigators who monitor costs are minimal. To the fiscation/POCA Department at The worst kept secret in the prison system is dence, a retrial should be automatic. If the people with confiscation or- Crown its money for old rope Carter Moore Solicitors. She that the police and Crown Prosecution Service courts are too busy, then an amnesty should ders. They have a whole raft and everyone is a target. regularly represents clients in (CPS) have been running riot since her ap- be given, and wrongly convicted prisoners of methods of detection such POCA proceedings and ancil- pointment in 2013. The amount of people being should be released. as monitoring social media It is so important to challenge lary matters, such as realising convicted by the faulty disclosure and mali- assets, varying orders and en- It’s one thing for England to now deploy sur- accounts, alerts from banks, every aspect of the Crown’s cious process is overwhelming. Yet why is it forcement proceedings. veillance like ‘Big Brother’ with little or no the CCRC is doing nothing about this unless Ranked by Chambers & Part- authorisation, but it’s completely immoral, you are a convicted sex-offender? If you are in ners and Legal 500, she is re- unjust and an insult to the English way of life prison for any conspiracy charge, murder, garded as one of the best to hide surveillance material which could con- armed robbery or drugs: offences which carry defence POCA practitioners in tradict the prosecution’s case. Why won’t the Legal heavy prison sentences - destroying both the the county. convicted and their families’ lives when British government do anything about this? Why won’t the CCRC do anything about this? services wrongly convicted as well as contributing to Helen is praised for “her atten- How bad do things have to get? prisons being heavily over-populated - the tion to detail and her first-rate CCRC simply does not want to know. you can Experts in POCA negotiation skills.” She has Editorial note and Confiscation particular experience in con- Since 2013 the prison system has seen an in- We have sent this article to the CCRC and trust. fiscation proceedings. Com- crease in sex offenders. Currently 1 in 7 pris- asked them to clarify the points raised. mentators say: “She is very oners are sex offenders. They have had to re-jig Carter Moore welcomes personable, outgoing and the prison estate to accommodate them. So, it HELEN LYNCH down-to-earth. Clients like her is no coincidence that these are the only cases a lot. She is very direct and en- which are being reviewed. Although it is obvi- Deton Solicitors We now offer specialist and bespoke gaging.” (C&P 2018) ous that the review process was needed, judg- DEFENDING YOUR CAUSE!!! services in the following areas: ing from the latest string of rape cases Experienced Representation in Prison Law, She “will go the extra mile for collapsing, where it has been so easy to convict Robust Defence of main S.10a Applications - third Criminal Defence and Appeal & Reviews POCA proceedings party interests in property her clients, and has an un- innocent men for this offence with the police’s matched determination and blatant violation of the disclosure process, • Independent Adjudications S.22 Applications Enforcement Proceedings • Appeals against conviction and sentence - increasing available amount drive.” They go on to describe why is there no review for all the conspiracy • Challenges to sentence calculations Pre-charge restraint her as “one of the most knowl- cases where the really serious violation of dis- • Re-categorisation & knock backs appeals (Private) S.23 Applications order proceedings edgeable lawyers on confisca- • ROTL applications and appeals (Private) - decreasing available amount closure has been taking place? • Judicial Review Realising Assets tion proceedings in the North • Parole review IPP & lifers S.11 Applications of England.” (C&P 2017) The answer is obvious: Our Government does • Parole reviews for recall - increasing time to pay Varying Confiscation Orders • Crown/Magistrate Court Representation not want to let the cat out of the bag, and the • Confiscation of Assets and Forfeiture Cases Legal Aid/Transfers Available. Where legal aid not available, we can discuss other funding options. The ‘highly diligent’ Helen CCRC will not entertain using their powers to Lynch […] is ‘tireless in pursuit We also handle Personal Injury Compensation Claims PRISONER HOTLINE FREEPHONE help overturn these convictions. This may of her client’s interests’. Lynch seem like paranoia, but for many people this For Prompt representation call William or Mo on 0161 833 9253 0800 1444 111 is adept at dealing with mat- was given real credence when the BBC Pano- 0208 617 0120 or 0757 240 1468 Write to us: • 13 St.John Street MANCHESTER M3 4DQ ters prior to charge restraint rama programme about the CCRC was pulled Alternatively please write to: • 15 Old Bailey LONDON EC4M 7EF orders, through to confiscation from the schedule. An alternative show was 28 Portland Road, South Norwood, London SE25 4PF orders. (Legal 500, 2018) Insidetime January 2019 www.insidetime.org Legal 39

Advertorial Licence conditions … what do I need to know? Darryl Foster down into standard and addi- A prisoner are felt necessary to manage why they are not to be imposed. • When the prisoner was sen- tional licence conditions, all those released on licence. tenced; which will be explained subject to licence Can victims have a say in The majority of prisoners are • The length of the prisoner’s below. Any licence condition Additional licence conditions what your licence condi- released into the community, is still serving their sentence; prior to their sentence expiry, has to be both necessary and Additional licence conditions tions are? • If the prisoner is serving a on a period of licence. The proportionate. They are not sentence, but the will also be imposed if the Victims do have a right to determinate or indeterminate conditions of licence will be imposed to be a form of pun- supervising officer believes make representations in sentence is being sentence; tailored to the prisoner in ishment but to be a form of that the standard conditions regard to a prisoner’s licence terms of the risk of serious preventive measures. served in the are not sufficient enough to conditions. They will also be • If the prisoner has an harm they are said to pose as community. prevent reoffending and seri- informed of a prisoner’s extended licence period. well as their risk of reoffend- What are standard licence ous harm. These can include licence conditions that relate ing. Should a condition of the conditions? a number of different condi- to them. However, in order to Determinate sentence prison- licence not be followed, there The standard licence condi- address approved by the tions, such as an exclusion have this right they have to ers will have a set date on is potential for a recall to cus- tions must be imposed to all supervising officer and zone. qualify for the statutory vic- which their licence will tody to take place. Therefore prisoners on licence, although obtain the prior permission of tim contact scheme. In order expire. Indeterminate sen- it is important for prisoners to the wording for these condi- the supervising officer for any However, the supervising to qualify, the victim has to be: tence prisoners are on licence tions may vary slightly, officer has to consider the test understand the nature of stay of one or more nights at • A victim of a violent or sex- indefinitely. dependent on the nature of of whether they are necessary these conditions and how and a different address; ual crime; what can be expected to avoid the sentence imposed. and proportionate to manage • To not undertake work, or a • And the prisoner has to be the undesirable outcome of the prisoner’s risk. They will If a prisoner particular type of work, sentenced to 12 months or being recalled. The conditions are as follows: then send their suggestions to unless it is approved by the the responsible authority to more imprisonment. breaks any of their • Be of good behaviour and supervising officer and notify review. There are two differ- What are licence conditions? not behave in a way which licence conditions, the supervising officer in ent authorities, depending on Yet even if the victim does not Licence conditions are a set of undermines the purpose of advance of any proposal to the circumstances as follows: qualify for the above, if the they can be sent rules which are imposed on the licence period; undertake work or a particu- National Probation Service the prisoner for a specific or • The Governor or the releas- back to prison. • To not commit any offence; lar type of work; believes that they should indefinite amount of time. A ing prison - this occurs where have this right, the victim can prisoner subject to licence is • To keep in touch with the • To not travel outside the the prisoner is released auto- Breaking the rules - recall have the same benefits as still serving their sentence, supervising officer in accord- United Kingdom, the Channel matically under a statutory If a prisoner breaks any of those who benefit from the but the sentence is being ance with instructions given Islands or the Isle of Man duty for the Secretary of State. their licence conditions, they scheme. This may include served in the community. by the supervising officer; except with the prior permis- can be sent back to prison. • The Parole Board - this is family members of the victim. There is the possibility that sion of your supervising The probation officer will • Receive visits from the when the release has been It also does not have to be the prisoner can be recalled officer or for the purposes of look at the prisoner’s case and supervising officer in accord- decided at the Parole Board’s restricted to victims of the to custody should they breach immigration deportation or decide whether to give them ance with instructions given discretion. index offence. For example: it the terms of their licence. removal. a warning or to be recalled. by the supervising officer; could be a victim of a previ- Depending on the prisoner’s ous offence that had been Licence conditions are broken • Reside permanently at an These are conditions which If you are sent back to prison circumstance, the authority committed by the prisoner. for breaking your conditions, will have the role of enforcing it is essential that you obtain the licence conditions and Victims do have legal advice as soon as possi- will retain the responsibility ble. This is because there are over them if the prisoner is a right to make strict deadlines to be met recalled. representations regarding submitting written representations to either What if I refuse to sign my in regard to a potentially: licence? prisoner’s licence A refusal to sign a licence • Get released back into the does not render it unenforce- conditions. community or able. Licence conditions are • For the matter to be listed for enforceable up until the point What prisoners should an oral hearing. that they are removed or up expect on licence until the point that the licence When released on licence Should it be the case that you comes to an end. there is a requirement that the are recalled back to prison, prisoner engage in supervi- please contact us so that we Can judges influence the sion. This will include attend- can arrange to represent you. prisoner’s licence conditions? ing appointments, as direct- We have an expert team of The Criminal Justice Act 2003 ed, with the Offender Manager. lawyers at hand who have Our open, friendly solicitors working allows judges to recommend The frequency of these excellent knowledge of crim- to the Secretary of State the appointments will depend on inal matters both in and out in Criminal Defence will help you with all inclusion of specific licence the level of supervision need- of custody. aspects of Prison Law including: conditions. This is for sen- ed to manage risk. Frequency tences of more than 12 months will normally be greater upon Should you require any assis- Licence recall • Adjudications that have been committed on initial release, reducing once tance, please contact our Parole hearings • IPP queries or after 4 April 2005. The pre- it has been demonstrated that Prison Law department at sumption being that the rec- progress is being made. Judicial review • Sentence planning issues Hine Solicitors on: 01865 518 ommendation licence condi- 971 or Freepost RTHU - LEKE tion will be imposed. It is important to keep the - HAZR Hine Solicitors, Offender Manager informed Seymour House, 285 Banbury Call us on 01865 518971 However, these do not have to of progress in the community Road, Oxford OX2 7JF for our be imposed. In some circum- as well as significant mile- Oxford office or FREEPOST - or visit www.hinesolicitors.com stances, it may be decided stones. Should you obtain RTZU - GXKA - KSXG Hine that the concerns leading to employment, seek to move Solicitors, 558 Walsall Road, the judge’s recommendation address etc, conversations Great Barr, Birmingham B42 may no longer be relevant. If should be had with the 1LR for our Birmingham Office. the supervising officer has Offender Manager. Oxford Freepost address FREEPOST RTHU - LEKE - HAZR this view, they will consult Hine Solicitors | Seymour House the PPCS to not impose these How long am I on licence for? 285 Banbury Road | Oxford | OX2 7JF conditions and the judge will The length of the licence will Darryl Foster is a solicitor at be informed as to the reasons depend on: Hine Solicitors 40 Legal www.insidetime.org Insidetime January 2019

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However, solic- even on moving to a D-CAT Wales and they are common- itors are able to provide writ- prison and therefore it is real- ly referred to as ‘nickings’. ten representations and pro- ly important that they are When a prisoner is charged vide detailed advice to prison- dealt with properly. Many with an offence against pris- ers for a fixed fee. on discipline, the officer mak- prisoners do not understand the level of risk attached to POLICE INVESTIGATIONS COURT PROCEEDINGS ing the charge (commonly 2. Rules referred to as the reporting adjudications when deciding Adjudications must follow the on whether to have a solicitor. l l officer) completes a DIS1 Prisoner Discipline Procedure Are you about to be interviewed Have you received a postal Notice of Report that details (Prison Service Instruction by the Police? requisition? the reason for the nicking. 5. 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Advertorial cult for the Court not to order the prosecution to critical. A defendant might well be able to force comply. That puts the Crown under pressure - the prosecution to go to a third party agency and Defence Statements especially if the refusals go back months and the obtain the material that is needed to make these prosecution are now under time constraints. sorts of points. There is no middle ground - either there is fair The right approach in complex cases disclosure or there isn’t, and if it’s the latter there Sadly, the Crown cannot always be relied upon cannot be a fair trial and if there cannot be a fair to get disclosure right. Following some high pro- involvement in a conspiracy to defraud case trial then the Court must adjourn or stop the case. file disclosure debacles in rape cases, the involving a complex scheme that is, according to The critical document the Court will look at when Attorney General produced his ‘Review of the considering whether the disclosure requests are Efficiency and Effectiveness of Disclosure’ in Jonathan Lennon HMRC, a tax scam designed to rip-off the public properly founded is the DS. November 2018. It called for a ‘cultural change’ and Aziz Rahman purse? These scenarios are frequent enough, and usually most of the factual background will not so that the investigators duty to focus on reason- be in issue, what is in issue is something a lot Third party agencies able lines of enquiry took much more priority more nebulous than whether X did something or Investigators will frequently have to liaise with than it presently does; this goes right back to the Any article about Defence Statements necessar- not; the issue will be ‘dishonesty’. Advancing the third party agencies before charge. In the case of training. ily involves dealing generally with disclosure. defence case by maximising prosecution disclo- ‘X’ (above) the agency concerned may be, for All of the official guidance documents and all the sure, when the real issue is the honesty/integri- example, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). In short, as always, the key is early preparation. important case-law on the topic refer to one lead- ty of the defendant, requires a very careful It may be that the defendant will have engaged The drafting of the DS may very well end up being ing case: it is the seminal case on disclosure and approach to the drafting of the DS. with that body at length pre-charge and that body the single most important piece of work that the Public Interest Immunity (PII); R v H & C [2004] may have expertise about the issue in hand that the defence have to undertake - it requires judgment 2 Cr. App. R 179. The authors represented ‘H’ in In such circumstances an early consideration of police/HMRC just do not have, or may know more and expertise. that case. why the Crown’s central theory is flawed is about, e.g. where the FCA has been looking into important; i.e. ‘defending by attacking’. For a suspected pension fraud using its civil powers. Jonathan Lennon is a Barrister specialising in The CPIA 1996 example, if a financial advisor has been running serious and complex criminal defence cases at The Criminal Prosecution & Investigations Act an investment scheme which HMRC suspect to Agencies like the FCA will often hand over very Carmelite Chambers, London. He has extensive 1996 (CPIA) sets out the framework for prosecu- be a tax dodge then a central question for the sizeable digital files of material to the prosecutors experience in all aspects of financial and serious tion and defence disclosure in criminal litigation. defence might well be why an alternative theory - of which only a portion is used in the case. This crime and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. He is The Act is the starting point and then there is the is not more plausible - e.g. that the defendant is fine, so long as there is a proper MG6C detailing ranked by Chambers & Ptnrs specialist POCA and Code of Practice (COP) made under it. After R v H himself has been duped and did not know the what remains; if there isn’t one then it should be Financial Crime sections as a ‘leading barrister’; & C the Attorney General issued his own real nature of the scheme. This in turn will lead requested. Equally, the FCA, in our example, may “he is capable of grasping issues at short notice ‘Guidelines’ in 2005 and there have been numer- onto disclosure of material tending to show that hold information which might help show that X despite voluminous and complex obstacles.” “His ous other guidance documents since; including others who were also involved, but not charged, was not the sort of candidate that the regulator easy-going manner makes him popular with clients Lord Justice Gross’ Review of Disclosure in performed a similar role to the defendant, or that was really interested in. For example, the FCA and juries. This is backed up with real determina- September 2011, which led to a re-writing of the others appear to be more likely candidates for the may have investigated a number of pension tion.” (2019). Attorney General’s Guidelines on Disclosure (see criminal role. The disclosure may include e.g. scams but centred their investigations not on December 2013 edition). The ‘AG’s Guidelines’ email correspondence between other persons, those actually selling the schemes, but on those Aziz Rahman is a Solicitor-Advocate and Partner frequently arise in arguments about the quality revealing discussions about an aspect of the who created the off-shore bank accounts etc, as at the leading Criminal Defence firm Rahman of disclosure in large cases. fraud where X is neither named nor included they were the ones that could be demonstrated Ravelli Solicitors, specialising in Human Rights, when he perhaps should be if what the Crown to have acted dishonestly. A number of small Financial Crime and Large Scale Conspiracies/ Section 6A of the Act deals with the contents of were alleging was true. points like that can help build the defence case. Serious crime. Rahman Ravelli are members of the the Defence Statement (DS); the DS must set out: Specialist Fraud Panel and have recently been * the nature of the accused’s defence, including It will be seen then that, in reality, it is usually When drafting the DS it must be borne in mind ranked by Legal 500 as an ‘excellent’ firm with any particular defences upon which he intends the position that the more complex the case, the there are duties under the Code of Practice to Aziz Rahman being described as ‘first class and to rely; * the matters of fact on which he takes simpler the issues become, e.g. knowledge and pursue ‘all reasonable lines of enquiry’…. this is very experienced’. issue with the prosecution - and why; * particu- dishonesty - but the more difficult the disclosure lars of the matters of fact which he intends to rely is around those issues. on in his defence; * any points of law which he wishes to raise and also notification of the details Digital material of any defence witnesses sought to be relied upon A classic example of this is when investigators A leading firm by the defence (s6C). The degree of detail now have seized numerous computers and discs etc. required in a Defence Statement is much more so Most of that digital material will be ‘unused’ and offering the than was originally the practice when the Act it is in this material that the defence will find first came into force. In R v Bryant [2005] EWCA hidden gems. There must then be a thorough strongest legal Crim 2079 the Court of Appeal was critical of a mechanism so the defence at least know what the representation Statement that consisted merely of a generalised prosecution have - even if it’s not disclosed. denial of guilt accompanied by a statement that to those being the defendant took issue with any witness giving This is usually done with a schedule of unused evidence to the contrary; this was said to be ‘woe- material - basically a list of items arising from the investigated fully inadequate’. investigation that are not part of the formal evi- dence in the case. The list is called an MG6C. The or prosecuted The problem for a defendant is that getting it defence can ask for items from the MG6C which wrong may not only lead to cross-examination may, or may not, lead to the prosecution agreeing in serious and about why he is saying something ‘different’ to to disclose those items, depending on relevance; the jury than he put in writing, but it can have a which will depend on the contents of the DS. complex crime cases. huge impact on what disclosure will be given by the prosecution. There have been significant problems with a number of prosecutions where vast amounts of Issues arising in complex cases material have been seized by the investigators. The issue that most frequently arises in long and How does the Crown go about listing the unused complex cases is disclosure of ‘unused’ material digital material? The answer lies in the AG’s held by the prosecution - in other words the mate- Guidelines, which incorporates the Gross • Specialists in defending cases • Expertise in arguing admissibility of rial the investigators have obtained but are not Review’s findings. Explaining how this works in involving large-scale police operations. evidence, abuse of process, disclosure using to support their case. detail is impossible in this short article but the and public interest immunity. upshot is that the defence can (and should) • Experienced defenders in Regulation By s3 of the Act, the prosecution must; ‘disclose engage with the prosecution about how the of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) • Our reputation ensures the very best to the accused any prosecution material which Crown should examine the computers that have cases involving informants, undercover experts represent our clients. has not been previously disclosed to the accused been seized, e.g. use of key search words etc. This police, surveillance and interception of and which might reasonably be considered capa- can present opportunities for the defence and a communications. • We have helped shape the law. ble of undermining the case for the prosecution certain amount of tactical consideration will cer- against the accused, or of assisting the case for tainly apply. So, for example, if the prosecution the accused.’ In deciding what material passes persist with refusals to conduct perfectly proper Roma House, 59 Pellon 36 Whitefriars 3 Brindley Place, this test, the prosecution consider the Defence requests to examine a computer for a certain key Lane, Halifax, West Street, London, Birmingham, West Statement. So in a simple case if a defendant, X, word, or look for a certain category of document, Yorkshire HX1 5BE EC4Y 8BQ Midlands, B1 2JB says it was B that stabbed A, not X, then any then a marker can be laid down with the Court Tel: 01422 346666 Tel: 0203 947 1539 Tel: 0121 206 2287 material tending to suggest that B was at the that the defence are concerned about the disclo- scene of the crime, or has a history of violence, sure process. There will be a point at which com- www.rahmanravelli.co.uk / [email protected] Nationwide Service must be disclosed to X. But what if X is not plaint can be made to the Court and, so long as charged with GBH? 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Q I pleaded guilty and my first reasonable opportunity, the desirability of encouraging Q I’m up for armed robbery. travelled to the robbery alone case has been adjourned for the fact that the prosecution early pleas of guilty in the in- The gun was an imitation. but was handed the gun just reports. I’ve been expecting case is overwhelming without terests of the efficiency of the What sort of sentence am I before the robbery. He was full credit but my solicitor is relying on admissions from the court system, the saving of looking at? assessed as having a complex now saying that the Judge defendant may be a reason money for the taxpayer, the post-traumatic stress disorder doesn’t have to do this. Is that justifying departure from the avoidance of delay to defend- A The Sentencing Guideline and a long history of drug abuse. The Court of Appeal true? Can the Judge stop my guideline.” [5.3] ants and witnesses, to enable for robbery offences was re- reduced the sentence, impos- credit? properly contested cases to be vised slightly on 4th July 2018. ing an extended sentence with There is no corresponding brought on earlier and so forth. It distinguishes between 3 a custodial term of 5 years and power to withhold credit in the It is not a reason to withhold a types of robbery: (1) street and A As with most aspects of sen- an extended licence of 4 years. tencing practice nowadays, current Guideline. The Court discount for a plea of guilty that less sophisticated commercial there are Sentencing of Appeal considered the issue the judge thinks that the max- robberies, (2) professionally Sentencing planned commercial robberies In R v Jeffrey and Carroll [2018] Guidelines that deal with cred- of withholding full credit in R imum sentence made available and (3) robberies committed EWCA Crim 2135, the appel- it for guilty pleas. 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We consider that threaten violence often raises tomer and her 10 year-old Prison Law and Criminal cated at the first stage of pro- passed at a time when the old despite the overwhelming na- culpability (but not necessar- daughter were present at the Appeals. ceedings, a reduction of one- Guideline was still in force and ture of the case against this ily harm) into the highest cat- second robbery. A member of third should be made…” the Judge had said: defendant, there were no prop- egory in relation to all 3 types staff from the first post office er grounds for denying him the had to be signed off work for Answers to readers’ legal of robbery. In determining the “…You were caught red-handed 7 weeks. The sentencing Judge queries are given on a strictly Different considerations apply discount of one-third, which he level of harm, the infliction of had adopted a starting point without liability basis. 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Perhaps this New Year you’ve decided to take up some- thing new - and perhaps you’re daunted by thinking about how much you have to learn about it. While we often want to be more advanced at something, or look Warrior 1 to experts to tell us what to do, practising yoga can be Five breaths each side different. The less we build up ideas about how great we are or how far we’ve come, and instead simply do Rest each posture as if it’s the first time, the more meaning- Lie like this for ten minutes. ful our yoga practice is. The idea is to let your body

relax as much as it can This series can be done by anyone: those who have Child done yoga before, and those who haven’t. Whatever while staying awake and Five breaths, or longer if alert, although your eyes the case, throw away any ideas of getting it right or you like wrong, and simply put yourself entirely into each pos- are closed. As you relax, ture, each movement, each breath as if you were a focus on the smoothness complete beginner with nothing to lose. If you can’t do Head to Knee and feel of your natural something (like put your hands flat on the floor in the Five breaths each side breath, and count each cat posture) then modify it (by making your hands into breath. Count until you get fists on the floor instead, for example). Yoga is about Warrior 2 to ten and then start again. doing things that help you be freer in your body and Five breaths each side Don’t worry if you lose mind, in a way that you can do, not forcing yourself count. Just start again at into a painful position. Enjoy it! Seated Twist one. This pose looks easy, Five breaths each side but you might well find it Cat Cow the most challenging of Breathe Out Breathe In them all!

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What are the common l Keep warm l Take paracetamol or ibuprofen to symptoms of flu? lower your temperature and treat l Fever aches and pains l Aching muscles l Drink plenty of water to avoid l Chills and sweats dehydration l Headache What next? l Dry, persistent cough If I get flu how can I help l Fatigue and weakness l Nasal congestion to stop further spread? l Sore throat l Avoid using common areas l Keep your living environment clean The CCRC can look again What should I do l Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing If you think your conviction or sentence is wrong if I have symptoms? l Sit at least three feet away from apply to the CCRC l Inform a member of staff others, if possible • It won’t cost anything IMMEDIATELY l Discourage visitors, especially • Your sentence can’t be increased if you apply children and vulnerable adults • You don't need a lawyer to apply, but a good one can help What is the usual treatment? l Support the prison by adhering to other restrictions which may be l Rest and sleep needed You can get some more information and a copy of the CCRC's Easy Read application form by writing to us at 5 St Philip’s Place, Birmingham, B3 2PW. or calling 0121 233 1473 Public Health Ask healthcare if you are eligible Prisoners in Scotland should contact; The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, 5th Floor, England Portland House, 17 Renfi eld Street, Glasgow, G2 5AH. Phone: 0141 270 7030 Email: [email protected] Insidetime January 2019 www.insidetime.org Jailbreak 45 On this day… January 3rd 1946 Behind the gate The life and infamous times of Britain’s prisons: LAUGHING SPY PUT TO DEATH this month HMP High Down Wandsworth prison gallows for treacherous Fascist that remained were the original asylum perim- eter walls, the nurse’s home and the porter’s News reporter Joyce and his wife Margaret lodge next to the original entrance. High Down Noel Smith fled to Germany. He became and Downview prisons were built on the site a naturalised German citizen at an estimated cost of £91million. The build- This morning at 8.09am, one in 1940. In Berlin, Joyce was ing work was started in October 1989 and was HMP High Down is a Category B men’s adult of the great enemies of Britain having trouble finding em- completed in May 1992. High Down opened as and her wartime allies was local prison, located on the outskirts of a Category A local prison in September 1992. ployment until a chance Banstead in Surrey. The prison unofficially put to death. William Brooke meeting with a fellow Mosley- Downview was built on the site of the nurses Joyce (right), alias Lord Haw- opened in early 1992, due to overcrowding ite, Dorothy Eckersley, got quarters. Haw, was placed on the scaf- following the Strangeways and other riots of him an audition at the Rund- fold of Wandsworth prison and 1990. It’s fi rst prisoners were a mix of Category The newly opened prison, which had already funkhaus (Broadcasting his lawful execution for high A, Category B and E-list prisoners. The prison been taking small groups of prisoners from House). He was recruited for treason was duly carried out. is based on a modern Canadian design, with September 1992, was officially opened by radio broadcasts and worked identified, it resulted in the House-blocks to hold the inmates and elevated Samaritans founder Chad Varah in the summer at German Radio’s English walkways that lead to all sections of the pris- Joyce, an American-born, An- IRA dispatching a volunteer, of 1993. The prison had an Astroturf football Service. on. It’s fi rst governor was Stephen Prior. glo-Irish Fascist was best Michael Molloy, to murder pitch that had originally been laid at Crystal known for broadcasting Nazi Joyce in December 1921. Joyce Palace FC. In November 2010, the prison foot- High Down was built upon the grounds of the propaganda aimed at lower- only survived because his fa- Joyce went on to become a ball team played a friendly match against League old Banstead Asylum, which was itself con- ing the morale of both our ther found out, moved the propaganda broadcaster and Two side Wycombe Wanderers and lost 8-0. structed in 1887. In 1873, the Middlesex County fighting men overseas and family home and Joyce was became known by the nick- Council (MCC) purchased Hundred Acres those who were keeping the mustered into the Worcester name ‘Lord Haw-Haw’. His High Down opened soon aft er the Woolf Report Farm, also known locally as Freedown, for home fires burning. Fortu- Regiment, taking him out of demoralising propaganda into the Strangeways and related prison riots £10,000, in order to build an asylum. nately most, if not all, of our the dangerous situation. A was broadcast to the British and was seen as one of the new progressive gallant folk took what he said and their allies from several prisons with charity workshops where inmates few months later he was sent The Banstead Asylum, also known as the with a chuckle and a pinch of to Norton Barracks in Eng- ‘black propaganda’ stations repaired wheelchairs and bicycles for the which pretended to broadcast Banstead Mental Hospital, opened in 1887 with wider community. It had a state-of-the-art IT salt. Nevertheless, to offer land. Joyce remained in Eng- accommodation for 1,700 patients (615 males illegally from England. Urban suite and many vocational workshops. A fully succour and encouragement land and briefly attended and 1075 females). The asylum was almost legends soon sprung up about fi tted library and education department. The to a nation’s enemies in times Kings College School in Wim- self-suffi cient, with its own farm and workshop Lord Haw-Haw, alleging that ethos was on getting prisoners out of their cells of war is a very serious thing. bledon. He then applied for and had its own gasworks. In 1889 the control he was well informed about and into activity. There can be few, beyond the Birkbeck College of the Uni- of the asylum was handed over to the newly usual bleeding-heart liberals versity of London where he political and military events. formed LCC. In 1912 The LCC purchased the The prison accepted prisoners, both convicted and standard anti-death pen- entered the Officer Training In fact he wasn’t … most if it 83-acre Fairlawn Farm for £4,000. The alty stalwarts, who did not Corps. He obtained a first- was scripts written by him and remand, from Croydon and Guildford Banstead Asylum then had 200 acres of land, Crown Courts and surrounding magistrates’ believe this poor excuse for a class honours degree in Eng- and a small team of writers. 130 of which were used for farming. In 1918 it courts. The prison has a detox unit. The prison man fully deserved his dance lish. He also, at this time, was renamed The Banstead Mental Hospital. has a Healthcare in-patient capacity of 23 beds of death at the base of the developed an interest in fas- On the 28th of May 1945, Joyce in single cells, with a day centre and an hangman’s hemp. cism and worked with, but was captured by British forces A nurses home was built in 1931, which was Associated Specialist Psychiatrist who attends never joined, the British Fas- at Flensburg near the German used as staff quarters. In 1937, the word ‘men- the prison 5 days a week. Joyce was born in Brooklyn, cists of Rotha Lintorn-Orman. border with Denmark, which tal’ was dropped from the title and it became New York in the United States was the last capital of the known simply as the Banstead Hospital. By 1982, The prison has a capacity of 1208. Over the on the 24th of April 1906. His On the 22nd of October 1924, Third Reich. Spotting a di- there were 1,412 beds at the hospital. In 1986, years it has been stripped of its Category A father, Michael Francis Joyce, while stewarding a meeting shevelled figure while resting the hospital was closed down and sold to the status on at least two occasions and is now a was from an Irish Catholic in support of Jack Lazarus from gathering firewood, in- Home Offi ce for the creation of two new prisons. Category B adult male prison. family of farmers from County (the Conservative Party can- telligence soldiers, including Mayo. His mother, Gertrude didate for Lambeth North in a Jewish German, Geoffrey Nearly all of the original Banstead Asylum References: wwwbansteadhisrtory.com Emily Brooke who, though the General Election) Joyce Perry, engaged Joyce in con- buildings were demolished. The only things www.countyasylums.com born in Lancashire, England was attacked by Communists versation. They asked him

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But was it worth it, is the question? Rap Star of the Month Richard Smith - Ashworth Hospital Congratulations to this months winner who receives our £25 prize IPP’s done me wrong 11 years later, damn that’s long 2year tariff, what do you see The choice Not even close for me to be free Nicky Hughes - HMP Stocken Fighting, assaults I’ve had my share Canteen here, canteen there Everybody loves Raymond, King of Queens Green street under the door, for your weekly canteen Jail there, jail here Any jail’s the same Click-clock, unlock, do the flip-flop shuffle to the shower Nothing left to fear The inmates stir from their slumber, every day at this hour Get dressed; still try to look your best Or should I back track on that line It’s easy to forget, in here, that you’re blessed Where’s the end to ma time, time, time? Remember, we are all human; this is just a messed, up situation, but The teen years gone, and ma prime There’s plenty of time for salvation A feel fine as a rap this rhyme Whether its chapel or education A got love for ma people out there they got love Spend some time gaining a qualification That they also share damn it hurts Earning Q’s so you can stack your P’s That a can’t be there as a stress Aim to better yourself, for your day of release Not even half of it A lose ma hair doubt once ‘Cos once you make it past those walls But don’t doubt twice ya smoke spice Calam Jervis - HMP/YOI Doncaster Your towers of mackerel will mean f*ck all Then you roll the dice ya mental health could pay the price Time to use the knowledge in your head, like juice Now I understand she didn’t the see the real me To make your fortune Killed kimbo slice Cause I was a drug dealing thug always smoking on some weed Because if there’s one thing jail has taught you I wasn’t into love I only cared about the streets Crime only pays in the short term But if the hands went back I would of treat her like a queen Sure, go to the gym; expand your chest with every set I just seen the money only wanted mum to eat Say never Cause she was stuck up in a struggle it was hard for me to breathe Just don’t forget, to grow your intellect Daniel Martin - HMP/YOI Hindley All this weight on my shoulders getting chased by police There’s more to life than queuing for prison razors, And consequences came fast when I was robbing as a teen Sharper than your ‘05 Nike Blazers, Done a bit of dirt I had to pay the cost You’ve got to understand the pain I had to sleep on the streets You own more Radox than a branch at Boots Instead of running circles they put me in a box I was tucked up in a tent and surrounded by some trees But those razors are blunt compared to Armani suits My mum took it hard I told her I had to leave Took me this long to finally realise just what I’d lost… So, why not ditch the deals on the landing And my dad was never there because he turned into a fiend I had to re-route, couple of wires were crossed The endless laps round the yard with your mandem I’m not sorry for what I did fam it satisfied my needs All this money making had got me frustrated Why not stop, take a look, at a book Plus I’m not being optimistic when I say that people bleed Started feeling desperate when I should have been patient Gotta live by this code and silence the mean Watch your sentence disappear, year after year They say that good things come to those who wait Still searching for a life getting blisters on my feet It’s all just preparation But I was grafting hard skint and still see nothing changing I’m always on the phone writing letters every week For your repatriation And prison ain’t a life that every human wants to meet All my life I’ve had these voices in my ears Into a world full of hate You could get tricked and jail ain’t no treat Saying that I should stop, and that I’d never make it Canteen for your sweets like this is Halloween But I’ve already made it... Some people will never appreciate I found my voice, preaching bout my own success to those The s*it you’ve had to go through stuck up in these showers naked The choices you had to make to survive HMP ain’t for me! A ‘quick fix’ helped take away my freedom but, like a cat with nine lives one by one your chances will disappear, Frankee Whetren - HMP Eastwood Park Then had my haters eating it like a pack of hyenas Left with some shower gels and a pair of - these sneakers then all you will hear, is First time in jail, day number one “A leopard never changes his spots”, Ended up in here after a crazy night of fun They all think you’ll go back to selling shots, Judge decided, I got banged up Family Barz Just so you can connect the dots, I knew I was fucked, just my luck! So don’t give them a chance, Jake Morris - HMP Wymott You must decline the offer of a dance, Walked out my cell, some girl says to me

welcome to this sh*thole, motherf*cking HMP With the devil, Straight away I knew from what I see, I’m stuck in the pen I don’t want to come back ever again Show your mettle, Sh*t, f*ck, b*ll*x! this place just ain’t for me! It’s not the place to be when you have kids and a family That you’re more than just Gordon Ramsay with a kettle It’s a washed up mess and full of stress Don’t present people with the choice Found it weren’t that bad as time went on I’m not the perfect man I’m trying to do the best I can To break your spirit with their voice, And knew I wouldn’t be here if I hadn’t done wrong My time will soon come, then I can settle down and have some family fun Strive to be the best you can be One week, two week, three and four I’m gonna put all the drugs and bad stuff behind me Literally didn’t know if I could take much more Spend your sentence wisely It’s not worth keep leaving your family Break the mould, before you’re too old I know I cant hide from my thoughts and my fear Day after day, thinking of my friend You may be the kind of landing four Waiting for the time my sentence would end! And I know at these time I don’t seem near But your kingdom ends at your cell door Seems like forever and a day away for me But can break down these walls with the strength of your love Please hurry up and set me free! And then I feel blessed from God above #TRYETALK… Your current status is defined by, How many tuna you’ve got stacked from floor to sky, The food is crap, well it tastes it to me u We will award a prize of £25 to the entry selected as our You don’t need to be that guy, I only eat on Thursday, when I get my canteen ‘Rap Star of the Month’. Send entries to: Inside Time, Rap, Botley Why you aim for a job in a sky-high Locked behind the door most of the time Mills, Botley, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 2GB. Try to keep Join the rat race The rest of the day is spent in a queue or a line rhymes under 300 words. When submitting your work please Choose life, be a face include the following permission: ‘This is my own work and I Leave the tuna to John West The place is full to the brim of pussy politics agree to Inside Time publishing it in all associate sites and If not that girls swapping vapes for hits other publications as appropriate.’ By submitting your rhymes Show your family with hard work what comes next The moral of the poem is to stay out of jail to Inside Time you are agreeing to our terms, to read them in full A life without a limit beckons, To end up locked in here is an epic f**king fail!! see page 49. For those who refuse to confirm to the rest. 48 Jailbreak // Inside Poetry www.insidetime.org Insidetime January 2019

Star Poem of the Month To be caught up in a dream That one kid My pad-mates Congratulations to this months winner who Stephen Walsh - HMP Hull Christopher Turner - receives our £25 prize HMP Swinfen Hall John Dealon - HMP Ashfield See, the dreams that I’m dealing with would even make the devil cry The Listeners Tale Most nights I sit and contemplate on different ways of suicide A smack for a pipe Six months inside for my crime I’m sick of looking in the mirror, saying everything is fine A slap for a high But it’s gone by pretty quick A.G. Morgan - HMP Littlehey Who am I really kidding, when deep down inside its lies One hit more I watched the clock, did my time He’s not even with it See, I’m putting on a smile every time I step outside Now I’m out of that flea-bitten nick What thoughts abound in minds of those People prey upon the weak and I ain’t about to let them by Cleaning cells Less able than I in daily prose? Damn he smells! So in order to survive and ultimately stay alive Drinking and mixing with my mates Those whose lives are cloaked in sadness The lengths he goes to A wall is what I’ve built and no one else can get inside Having a laugh, having a ball Whose minds are gently touched by madness For them short spells I suppress my thoughts and feelings, put my wants and needs aside Eat the worm Lots of smokes, shots and beer Right now it’s about my children, so my rights I sacrifice The men who scream in the dead of night Then you’ll earn Oops! Got pissed! Now on recall And those who wake in cold sweat fright To see them in the future is my only aim in life Free man down What demons lurk inside their head? And when that time arrives, I hope they read between the lines He’ll take the win In I go, it’s the usual routine What spirits haunt them from the dead? Cos life, it ain’t as simple as you read in black and white Sells his food Just another nick, in another cell I may not be there in person but I’m there in heart and mind It’s a spliff for him I hear all the shouting screws Those who teeter on the brink Every night I sit and try to find the words that I can write Make man laugh And meet the pad-mate from hell I’d love to know of what they think It’s like the harder I try the more conflict within my mind Fitting on the floor No canteen Their childhoods lost to pure abuse You truly blessed my life on the days when you arrived No, that’s not fair, he’s not so bad They tried to tell, but what’s the use? Darkness now evolving into a bright blue sky This man’s poor Selling his body There’s always one that’s worse And just knowing you’re my children gave me an appetite for life Prison whore Oh sh*t! I’ve upset him, he’s kicked off So now they’re thrown upon the heap Stood looking at your pictures, I see myself through different eyes And kept in jail because it’s cheap Comes straight back Sound the alarm, get me the nurse I came in at 27, 33 when I’m released Compelled by our archaic laws Revolving door Just dealing with my mind is a lesson hard to teach To spend their lives behind locked doors Oliver Twist He’s been moved out, I’m on my own Even one familiar face is all I long to see ‘Please sir, more’ Just for a while, oh the bliss! Next time you’re woken from your dream I’m sweating up my bedding whilst I’m caught up in a dream Any empties Lying on my bunk, watching TV By another’s howling scream When suddenly I wake to my children calling me Door to door Then in comes another and blows me a kiss! Think of them without disdain Left disappointed when I wake, I wish I could go back to sleep Even officers laugh Man that’s raw! Let’s try to make them well again Instead of sat staring at the ceiling, plus inside I’m cut deep It’s ok … he’s just a chuffing joker Face at the flap I’m in trouble whilst I sleep but their faces is what I see And we agree on most of the TV Feel some kindness for poor Fred Sick on the floor Regretting leaving them, but me and mum … we couldn’t be Although I’m in bed by eleven For you don’t know what’s in his head I hate my dad for leaving me, now he is who I be He cuts himself When he needs more And he stays up until three His constant thoughts of suicide I only know my children whilst I’m caught up in a dream Recovery team He’ll not confess for foolish pride I think about them, I hope they think about me There is no cure But how can I sleep at all But to them I’m just a stranger and it’s all because of me I listened so that he may tell The wing’s dry Through the racket of his snore My selfishness is what it was; I’ve only seen it recently Of thoughts that make his life pure hell He needs to score The noise of which is louder than For as a man I can’t abide Now I’ve rubbed my eyes and realized it’s my past that’s chasing me Jail to jail A fecking lumberjack’s chainsaw! To lose one more to suicide Try sleep away the day 20-21’s when I’m released On a tour I hope and pray they can see the change and for once believe in me His family’s lost hope As the months all go by Because no matter what anyone says, you’ll always be a part of me His addiction pure My release date draws near So until tonight yeah when we meet, I’m gonna lay here patiently So lost in spice A Spent Heart My pad-mate is doing my head in And think about what it is I need! To be caught up in a dream! He’s below the mice Job needs doing Just get me out of here! Carlos Thurstonez - Spice to entice HMP Wormwood Scrubs Kurt It all comes to a head At last I’m out, I’m free Overdose in his bed! No more pad-mates, short or tall Steven Donaldson - HMP Kilmarnock Where’s that one kid? But not easy to forget them These bars can make a heart all spent Or that kid’s dead And will see them again on recall On sleeve thus worn, now duly torn Kurt wiz a wee special guy tae be true By men who treat such care with scorn But he only lasted five weeks and he’s died noo Born premature, but matter it not Much ado about nothing For here the air is harsh and bleak Slept in his mammy’s arms, no in a cot John Fewings - HMP Hull We must be wolf, not timid sheep Violence from your pores must seep He gained weight and flourished, we never had him for long It’s nil, a null, it’s zilch, a zero, a big fat juicy nowt For kindness here translates as weak That morning we woke, we knew something was wrong It’s the answer you give to your partner I’d just cooked a charge and Sheila wiz sayin And who but here would dare to cry When they ask what you’re thinking about ‘It’s a lovely morning Steve, but where’s the wean?’ As they pass through the gates at customs After call with mum I had to lie It’s what holidaymakers declare These aint no tears I have a stye “Ye daft cow look doon, he’s lyin on yer tit” Having searched her extensive wardrobe For if seen by peers my end is nigh “No Steven ye don’t realise that isny it” It’s what a woman claims she can wear The wee man we had made wiz stiff and blue I live this way from week to week What you hear when you’re deaf; Oor lives had tain a turn for the worst it wiz true What you see when you’re blind; All my feelings buried deep What you feel when your heart is broken They seep out as I try to sleep She ran oot the hoose an she wiz pullin her hair You’ll find an iterative emptiness My pillow wet upon my cheek Only her knickers on, her wee chist wiz bare Will Shakespeare makes it clear Screamin and screamin and screamin some more This not to be a normal home ‘Nothing will come of nothing’ according to King Lear Defined as ‘the presence of absence’ I have to live this life alone I grabbed him and started blowin doon his throat It sounds like something grand, but it’s what you eat for breakfast And make my heart as cold as stone Try an dae CPR wae two fingers I thoat In a famine and war-torn land And care not for those tortured groans But wee Kurt wiz away and wizny comin back It occupies the empty space in the hole of a threadbare sock His mam wiz oot in the street in a panic attack The banging doors It’s the fraction of a second between the tick and the tock It’s everything that you can do to change your bygone history The screaming sounds of men An ambulance came and they gave her a yella It’s reflected in the mirror in a spooky vampire mystery Who’ve clearly lost their minds “Is this whit a get for losin my wee fella?” Wax lyrical in poetry My soul be iron, it will not dent “For aw the gid it wid dae, I’d be as weel stickin it up ma arse!” However often it multiplies, it never ever grows “Aye hen yer right - let’s get away fae this farce” My feelings stay indoors, all pent Neither negative nor positive, be that as it may Nothing’s what you think it is I wish I had a way to vent We’d lost the will tae live, wee Kurt wiz gone And there’s nothing more to say To stop my heart becoming spent Right there’s when we started bangin intae the groin Insidetime January 2019 www.insidetime.org Jailbreak // Inside Poetry 49

Mind the gaps between We only have the power of love To help each other Polar bears’ inside and outside worlds And be kind As we’re classed as hamsters in a wheel plight S. McNeill - HMP Bronzefield To ‘work’ whether we go to the gym or arts classes To get paid, whether we are sentenced or on Michel Church - Nobody knows what it’s like remand HMP Whatton To be on a wing with 40 screaming women To be objects of sex, money or both And shouting officers - predominantly males With both as carrot and stick The Arctic is dark Nobody knows about these ‘holiday camps’ Rewards or punishment Temperatures fall Unless you’ve survived yourself The first days in custody Polar bears prowl For love ‘punitives’ reign The first rejection request Females bury Those who prefer to punish than to heal The first rules that are supposed to apply To exercise neutral rather than freedom But don’t Birthing in snow caves But our thoughts are free For logic does not count Temperature rises They are the power Nor common sense With which we liberate ourselves Body heat warms Just the love of power Emerging when And position From the chase as hamsters in a wheel As a ruler In opposite direction to staff and their rules Announcing the start © Deposit Photos Occasionally we meet Mothers and their cubs It is an exception rather than the rule Volunteers they listen Desperate to feed When officers say ‘Hello’ and ‘Goodnight’ Autumnal Past Rarely do they hear Months have passed It is exceptional for officers to be kind Robbie Ellis - HMP Littlehey But if they are kind to me So we improve our inner strength Summer ice retreats Others may have experienced them otherwise As the distant ambers of autumn fade By processing our experiences Making it harder By reflecting on our worlds The cold blade of winter serrates through to the bone You can’t make it up Temperature rises And the reactions they created Thoughts mull into wine and finer foods They are trained to chase us Extinction becoming For we are restrained from actions Festively, festively Through a laminate of rules We must refrain from communications Expectation of indifferent moods A maze of regulations - We are the prisoners Polar bears territory As one, and all learn to cope Just as lawyers and judges - The criminals Contact with humans With a season that, if you are not careful As solicitors, barristers and court ushers Guilty until proven innocent Drawn to villages Can freeze and choke A stigma to society Skeletons of whales Nevertheless, we all live for the promise of hope Mind the gaps As we leave autumnal past Between the systems of institutions We are the women who care but are separated The authorities who deceive Bone-pile easing hunger From our children who cry for us By using words without action Extra days on land We are the women who have to find power Promises without delivery Regal animals In the adversity of men and their systems IPP Good intentions with bad effects Wait for a sea ice Of money and hierarchies Jake Roberts - HMP Manchester Institutions and authorities Everybody knows Deceptions and realities In mid-winter snow We are just grains of sand To fifty below I’m locked up alone on this IPP In money-washing machinery But Satan is a liar and a loser The pitch black day Wondering if ever they’ll let me be free A people-processing industry Our preacher tells us on Sundays Themselves away ‘No hopers’, ‘society’s failures’, that’s what they call us A world of men The devil is real, explains the chaplain Paranoid thoughts in my head … who can I trust? That punishes women And thus we must pray Maybe one day someone will give us some hope And exploits children Father, forgive them for they don’t know what I can hear you man laughing, that’s a good joke! For we don’t have the power Hidden from sight they are doing No light in this tunnel, not even a sparkle Of institution and power Above freezing night …. or do they? The birthday den Mental breakdowns, family breakdowns, it’s all part and parcel The sun rises again But here’s a message from someone who really knows Keep your chin up people; don’t let your pain show Summertime Find something you enjoy and focus on that A sign Of the midnight sun It’s burying your demons, waiting for the next pack Roll and have fun in a winter mind Education is the key, better your mind She stalks a seal of the times Keep focused on the roads and one day you’ll find Since her last meal Barry Britton - HMP Rye B. F. Thames - California State Prison, There’s an end to this sentence, I know it’s hard to believe But don’t let them define us with this IPP Solano Further each day I miss the old girl who sat there To find their prey On that park bench every day u We will award a prize of £25 to the entry selected as our Year upon year She used to come to feed the birds Don’t say a prayer for me ‘Star Poem of the Month’. To qualify for a prize, poems should A very real fear And to watch the children play Hope is a four-letter word not have won a prize in any other competition or been published previously. Send entries to: Inside Time, Poetry, Botley Mills, Botley, Twice removed from hate Gradually decreases They found her on a nearby street Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 2GB. I’m fuelled by my intentions Inevitably increases She’d been beaten black and blue It is very important that you ensure the following details are on By the seashore For the few quid of her pension Having a dream lacks value all paperwork sent to Inside Time: YOUR NAME, PRISON A tempting draw What’s the world coming to? Without inventions NUMBER & PRISON. Failure to do so will prevent us respond- I’m not what YOU project me to be ing to you and your submission being withheld from publica- The money was for drugs of course Scant respite tion. We will be using the new ‘Money Transfer Service’ for Life is the only lecturer I need For some heroin, crack or spice Revealing their plight prize money so include your DOB on your entries. So, cherish my beliefs Weak and gaunt Don’t they care that to get their ‘fix’ By submitting your poems to Inside Time you are agreeing that Their regular haunt They’ve just ruined someone’s life Fear your gods and demons they can be published in any of our ‘not for profit links’, these Revere your traditions of ignorance include the newspaper, website and any forthcoming books. You The bruises and the cuts will heal Massive head lifts are also giving permission for Inside Time to use their discretion in While I get my Stokely Carmichael on After a few days or weeks in bed Sensing the return allowing other organisations to reproduce this work if considered But the mental scars are something else While I rise with Maya Angelou We can save them now appropriate, unless you have clearly stated that you do not want They’ll be with her until she’s dead While I ponder that Ali encouraged me Or we can destroy them this to happen. Any work reproduced in other publications will be on a ‘not for profit’ basis. Please note poems for publication may To say this: ‘I’m the greatest’ So next time you’re getting stoned my friend Sniffing the breeze be edited. When submitting your work please include the So, don’t say a prayer for me Don’t think about the past Of winter’s freeze following permission: ‘This is my own work and I agree to Just enjoy the buzz you’re getting now I’m just too busy becoming If we value their worth Inside Time publishing it in all associate sites and other publications as appropriate.’ It could be your f*c*in* last Who I’m supposed to be Along with the Earth 50 Jailbreak // Prize Winning Competitions www.insidetime.org Insidetime January 2019 Read all about it! Caption Competition Last Months £25 Winner A £25 prize is on offer for the best caption 1. What was the outcome of Emmerdale’s Fonesavvy providers of ‘landline type Jaime Brooker - HMP Stocken to this month’s picture. 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Across: 1 Haunted. 5 Bode. 1. You have 1/8, 1/4 and 1/2. If you give 7 Lob. 8 On a plate. 9 Loose. them a common denominator of 16 then 10 Loot. 13 Wool. 14 Need. you end up with 2/16, 4/16 and 8/16 and 18 Nice. 19 Their. 21 Complete. so the answer is… 22 Den. 23 Here. 24 Deserve. Youngest Child: 2 games. Down: 1 Helpline. 2 Unbroken. Middle Child: 4 games. 3 Tooted. 4 Drawls. 5 Bellow. Oldest Child: 8 games. 6 Duty. 11 Toreador. Parents: 2 games. 12 Florence. 15 Dimple. 16 Behead. 17 Stress. 20 Sore. 2. It was a grandmother (who is obviously THE HOLLYWOOD AND THE IVY also a mother) mother and daughter who went out for Christmas dinner together! GEFBADCHI NUMBER CROSS 1. Elf 2. The Santa Clause CROSSSEARCH CHRISTMAS PRIZE DRAW 9 4 3. The Muppet Christmas Carol 1 8 7 4 4. Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence Below are the prisons for the Christmas 7 4 2 6 5. Batman Returns Prize Draw winners CATCHPHRASE WORD MORPH 4 8 6 6. Trading Places 7. Home Alone 1. Too Good to Last rats 8 1 4 2 HMP Wakefield 8. Bad Santa 2. Pat on the Back mats 3 6 7 HMP Durham 9. A Christmas Story 3. Life Behind Bars macs 6 4 5 1 HMP Send 10. A Charlie Brown Christmas 4. A Touching Moment mace 2 1 6 3 HMP Leeds 11. Jingle All The Way 5. Look Before You mice HMP Ranby 7 5 (c) Daily Sudoku Ltd 2018. All rights reserved. 12. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Leap Daily Sudoku: Sat 3-Nov-2018 very hard HMP Littlehey 6. Three Wise Men 13. Scrooged HMP Drake Hall ANAGRAM SQUARE SUDOKU 14. Miracle On 34th Street HMP Lindholme 15. Gremlins HMP Styal 2 3 6 9 5 4 1 7 8 16. Polar Express RIDDLE ME THIS 1 S EIZE HMP Altcourse 1 8 9 6 7 2 3 4 5 17. Edward Scissorhands HMP Bronzefield Riddle me this 2 C LAMP 7 5 4 1 8 3 9 2 6 18. Love Actually HMP Newhall 1. The news 3 U NDER 4 7 2 8 3 1 6 5 9 19. Die Hard HMP Lincoln 2. Gymnast 8 6 1 5 9 7 4 3 2 20. Brazil 4 F RI LL HMP Stocken 3. Computer keyboard 5 9 3 2 4 6 8 1 7 21. GhostBusters 2 22. It’s A Wonderful Life HMP Eastwood Park 5 F RI AR 6 4 7 3 2 9 5 8 1 LETTERBOX 23. The Grinch HMP Full Sutton 9 2 5 4 1 8 7 6 3 24. Arthur Christmas HMP Peterborough

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Rearrange the letters in each Fur flies over Peta’s call for humans to mince their words row to form a word. Write your Animal rights activists PETA have decided, quite out of nowhere, answers into the blank grid. to denounce “anti-animal phrases” that aren’t vegan-friendly. By The first letter from each word, anti-animal phrases they mean idioms that employ animals as Fastest-moving animal in reading down, will spell the metaphors, often in a violent context. “Bringing home the the world is... an ant mystery keyword. bacon” for example. Hold on, you’re thinking. If I can’t say very The fastest-moving animal in useful phrase “bringing home the bacon,” what can I say? Have the world has been revealed 1 DROPU no fear, PETA thought you might be worried, so they dreamed - and scientists say speed isn’t up a bunch of new phrases to help “remove speciesism” from always influenced by size. 2 TERYN your daily vocabulary: Known as the dracula ant, its jaws snap shut 5,000 times 3 TONED faster than the blink of an eye at 200mph. The tiny insect is 4 LSEOC comfortably ahead of the cheetah, whose record running 5 EELCX speed is 60mph. Entomologist Professor Andrew Suarez, from the University of Illinois, 1 said: “Their powerful jaws 3 LETTER 5 LETTER MALLOW PATCHY work like a mousetrap, except 2 BAA CAROL RECEDE RINSES the latch and spring mecha- CAM CHAIR SUPERB WARMTH nism are all in one. The ants 3 CAR CHARM use this motion to smack 7 LETTER ION CREEL other arthropods, likely ANOTHER 4 MOO MUNCH stunning them, smashing DEMESNE NOD NACRE POSER them against a tunnel wall or 5 EVASIVE HILLTOP ORE SMELT pushing them away.” They use RUE 9 LETTER venom to stun their prey 6 LETTER Thanks to Edward Crooks, HMP VAN VIE CLIMACTIC which are then brought back ASHRAM DEADEN Northumberland. If you fancy EDITORIAL to the colony for the larvae to compiling an Anagram Square The number of people leading a meat-free existence has risen feed upon. They are called for us please just send it in 5 x 5 greatly in recent years as the benefits of a plant-based diet and dracula ants after Count squares, complete with answers Tectonic the environmental impact of meat eating have become more Dracula, the fictional vampire, shown on a grid. If we use it we widely known. Dr Jeanette Rowley from the Vegan Society told will send you £5 as a thank you! due to their unusual feeding Remember to include your name, Each square must contain a digit. A one-square block contains Radio 5 Live: “These expressions are offensive to vegans because habits. Queens and workers number, prison. We will be using only a 1, a two-square block contains 1 and 2, a three-square they entrench animal abuse. We live in an extremely speciesist practice a form of “non-de- the new ‘Money Transfer Service’ block contains 1, 2 and 3, and so on. The same digit cannot society and protection for vegans would address this and bring structive cannibalism”, which for prize money so include your appear in neighbouring squares - not even diagonally. balance and help not just vegans but transitioning vegans and involves chewing holes into and DOB on your entries. help people make the choice. These expressions don’t help, they feeding on the haemolymph, are offensive expressions and we don’t want to define non-hu- insect “blood”, of the colony’s Fun facts... man animals in that way.” own pupae and larvae. Sky News • Every time you shuffle a Why does rain smell so good? Statistics of the Year deck of cards, you are likely The fresh, earthy smell that we associate with the first person in the history rain, known as ‘petrichor’, comes from a variety of the universe to create that The Royal Statistical Society’s International of sources. During dry conditions, certain exact sequence. Statistic of the Year has been announced. plants release oils, which then become Much like Oxford English Dictionary’s “Word airborne under the impact of rain. Falling • If you’re having trouble cal- of the Year” competition, the international raindrops also stir up the soil, propelling a culating a percentage, just flip statistic is meant to capture the Zeitgeist of musky-smelling chemical secreted by bacteria, it. 4% of 50 is the same as 50% this year. Below are the best stats. called geosmin, into the air. Finally, lightning of 4. 80% of 25 is the same as can split molecules in the atmosphere to form 25% of 80. International Statistic of the Year ozone (O3), which has a chlorine-like tang. 90.5%: Proportion of plastic waste that has Some scientists speculate that the importance • A jiffy is an actual unit of never been recycled. of rain to our survival has led us to evolve to time, not just an expression. enjoy its smell. Science Focus In computer engineering, it is UK Statistic Of The Year the length of one cycle of the 28.7%: Peak percentage of all electricity pro- computer’s system clock duced in the UK due to solar power on 30th June. (around 10 milliseconds). In chemistry and physics, a jiffy Highly Commended Statistics - International is the amount of time it takes 9.5 The percentage point reduction in world- Letterbox Crap Rap light to travel a distance of wide ‘absolute poverty’ over the last ten years one centimetre - about - meaning that the proportion of those living 33.3564 picoseconds. • “Dippin’ it like fondue, spinach in this condition has more than halved since 2008. dip, cheese stick. Appetizers, 64,946 The number of measles cases in • The lint that collects in the entrées, it’s you in that linge- Europe from November 2017 to October 2018. rie?” 2 Chaiz - In Town bottom of your pockets has a 40% Percentage of Russian men who do not name - gnurr. • “Chuba chuba chuba chuba live to age 65 - the proposed state pension age. What happens in my body when I burp? chuba chuba chubby. I don’t $1.3 billion Amount wiped off Snapchat’s NASA had to rename the With every mouthful of food or drink, you • have any lines to go right value within a day of one Kylie Jenner tweet. sizes of the apparatus used for swallow a couple of millilitres of air - mostly here, so chuby Teletubby.” male astronauts to pee, from Highly Commended Statistics – UK nitrogen and oxygen. Carbonated drinks also Eminem - Just Lose It small, medium, and large, to 6.4% Percentage of female executive directors add another millilitre or so of carbon dioxide. large, gigantic, and humon- • Don’t worry why my wrist within FTSE 250 companies. The gases separate from the food in your gous, because no one was got so freeze. Tell a girl like 85.9% Proportion of British trains that ran on stomach and press against the lower oesopha- willing to pick their true size. Doritos, that’s nacho cheese”. time - the lowest for more than a decade. geal sphincter, which holds the top of the Kanye West - Lollipop 82% Percentage of all GB retail shopping that stomach closed. Eventually, the pressure forces • The line between the two Cross out the letters that • “Scooby snack, jurassic is still in-store rather than online. the sphincter open and the air rushes out. The numbers in a fraction is appear more than once to plastic, gas booby trap.” 16.7% Percentage reduction in the number of belching sound is caused by vibrations in the called the vinculum. spell out a word. What is it? Ghostface Killah - Nutmeg Jaffa cakes in McVities’ Christmas tube. sphincter and oesophagus wall. BBC Focus Insidetime January 2019 www.insidetime.org Jailbreak // Just for Fun 53

January facts The path to success Did I say that? Top facts... • January is named after the Roman god Janus, who 5 2 8 3 9 The human body was always shown as hav- ing two heads. He looked 1. The only part of the body 4 8 8 4 1 back to the last year and that has no blood supply is forward to the new one. the cornea of the eye. It 7 2 2 1 7 receives oxygen directly from • The first recorded refer- the air. ence to a “January sale” in 2 6 3 8 2 the UK was in 1865. “He talked to me like I was 2. A newborn child can Bruce Wayne so I just went 3 7 1 6 9 breathe and swallow at the • Daytime temperatures in along with it.” “I have been frozen out and I same time for up to seven January make it the cold- Christian Bale recalled the Start at the bottom left square can’t stay silent. I have made “One of my little indulgenc- months. est month of the year in time he was invited up to and move up, down, left or right dozens of attempts to reach es, I have to confess, is the UK. February nights Trump’s office whilst filming until you reach the finish. Add the my daughter… but she and peanut butter. Either on 3. 50,000 cells in your body are colder in England (but a scene for The Dark Knight numbers as you go. Can you Harry have put up a wall of toast, or just a spoon. But I died and were replaced by not Scotland). Rises in 2011. He was still in make exactly 56? silence.” don’t spend the entire day new ones while you were costume as Bruce Wayne reading this sentence. Meghan Markle’s father, doing it.” and that was enough to Thomas Markle Prime Minister Theresa May GEF BAD CHI convince the future 45th 4. The human embryo President of the United Using the letters G,E,F,B,A,D,C,H & I fill in the “I thought maybe there’d be acquires fingerprints within States that he was Batman. three months of conception. blank squares. Each letter A-I must appear a cheese roll. There will be a, only once in each line column and 3x3 grid. ‘Ok, ok time out, let’s all go 5. A man named Charles round and have coffees, Osborne hiccupped for a bacon sandwich, sausage total of 68 years. sandwich, alright back on set’ - but no that ain’t 6. Right-handed people live, happening is it? I thought on average, nine years longer Neil Speed is a there was a caravan round than left-handed people. former prisoner the back here where they who came up “To us he was close to perfect, were doing bacon 7. The total length of all the with the concept but not totally perfect.” blood vessels in the human sandwiches.” of GEF BAD CHI Former US President George body is about 100,000 km. whilst in prison. I’m a Celebrity 2018 winner W Bush during his eulogy at GEF BAD CHI by Harry Redknapp his father’s funeral. 8. When you blush, your Neil Speed is stomach also turns red. published by Xlibris. £12.35 Inside Chess 8 9. Human beings are the only by Carl Portman living things which sleep on Catchphrase 7 their backs. Welcome to another year. What will 2019 bring The object is to try to figure out the well-known saying, person, 6 10. The average four-year-old place, or thing that each square is meant to represent. us all? One thing is for sure, whoever and wher- child asks 450 questions a day. ever we are we can always embrace chess as our 5 companion and friend. It’s been that way for 11. Teeth are the only part of Words 1500 years and will be for a good many more. I 4 the human body which Words want to begin the year by confirming that the cannot heal themselves. Loss No F_N Norwegian Magnus Carlsen retained his World 3 Words Championship title towards the end of last year, 12. Right-handed people 2 beating American Grandmaster, and world num- chew most of their food on

Words ORDER ber two Fabiano Caruana. It wasn’t easy though. the right side of their mouth, 1 The match consisted of twelve games, so the first whereas left-handed people player to score 6½ would win but for the first do so on the left. SKATING time since the World Championship began in A B C D E F G H 1886 all of the games were drawn. an board. White can checkmate with a knight and 13. Human skin is completely ...... sign bishop against king but it is tricky and even replaced about 1,000 times JOB It went to a play off of four games of only 25 Masters blow it, especially in time trouble. In this during a person’s lifetime. iiiiiii minutes each on the clock plus a ten second position, there are many roads to checkmate but increment. This is called Rapidplay. Carlsen was only 2 ways to do it in five moves. Work out either 14. Fingernails grow about four always going to win this as he is much the stronger one if you can. White to play. times faster than your toenails. Profound Thoughts... player at quick time, and this proved to be the case as he rolled a rather insipid Caruana over A back copy of Chess Monthly donated by the 15. People with blue eyes are 3-0. There was no need for the fourth game - • Whenever you buy and eat a travelling to the past they worry London Chess Centre is the prize for the first more sensitive to pain. half chicken, you are secretly about accidentally changing Caruana could call a taxi, and leave. correct entry drawn. sharing a meal with a stranger. the present, but no one in the 16. The strongest muscle in the Thus, Magnus keeps his title of World Chess present really thinks they can Write to me with your answer, care of The English human body is the tongue. • Condoms are one of the radically change the future. Champion for another two years and it remains Chess Federation at The Watch Oak, Chain Lane, most environmentally friendly to be seen who his challenger will be. There will Battle, East Sussex TN33 OYD. Please note that 17. On average, a person says things ever invented by man. • I wonder if, in past times, the be several rounds of Candidates games to de- you should always write to me at the ECF not via 4,800 words in 24 hours. A single one has the potential space on Earth currently being termine his opponent. You read it here first when InsideTime. Also, please include your prison to eliminate the carbon occupied by my kitchen was I say that although Caruana will again be close, number and if you can, the date and what month’s 18. At birth, a child’s body is emissions of an entire human the site of an epic life-or-death look out for the Chinese player Ding Liren and puzzle you are entering. made up of around 300 bones. over the course of their lifetime. battle between two giant the Azerbaijan player Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. But an adult has just 206. dinosaurs. Both are improving rapidly and are well in with The answer to December’s puzzle is that I played • If you had a £1 for every a shout. For now, Carlsen can break out the cigars, 25…Nf4+ and won White’s queen. 19. The smallest cells in a year the universe has existed • At some point in your pour the cognac and enjoy his title but as we all (approximately 13.8 billion man’s body are sperm cells. childhood, you and your know in chess, there’s always the next game to Winner to be announced. years). You wouldn’t even make friends went outside to play prepare for so he cannot rest for long. the top 50 on the Forbes list. together for the last time, and 20. Statistically, only one The winner of November’s puzzle was Imperio person out of two billion none of you knew it. This month’s puzzle has only four pieces on the • When people think about from HMP Littlehey. reaches the age of 116 years old. 54 Jailbreak // Just for Fun www.insidetime.org Insidetime January 2019

Number Search Search In this month... Ryan Kendall, HMP Channings Wood 1 5 4 2 0 7 9 1 5 0 0 7 1 9 9 4 7 8 1 1 4 0 6 3 7 9 6 2 1 1 1 5 4 1 6 8 6 5 1 2 8 0 2 9 9 2 3 4 1 9 0 8 1 3 9 2 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 9 9 0 2 5 0 9 5 9 0 1 4 5 0 8 2 January 1979 British punk rock star Sid Vicious went on trial 7 9 2 7 0 7 2 0 1 8 in New York City, charged with murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. A month later while 8 5 6 4 3 8 1 6 9 7 awaiting trial Sid Vicious died after taking an 1005, 01121990, 011969, 05081995, 051970, 1005, 01121990, 011969, 05081995, 051970, 438, 27072018, 11122019, overdose of heroin. The case remains unsolved. 438, 27072018, 11122019, 071994, 292621, 071994,0814, 292621,211 0814, 211 Thanks to Ryan Kendall, HMP Channings Wood for compiling this Number Search. If you fancy compiling one please send in max 10 x 10 grid complete with answers shown on a grid. If we use it we will send you £5 as a thank you! Remember to include your name, number and prison. We will be using the new ‘Money Transfer Service’ for prize money so include your DOB on your entries.

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6 January 1994 2 8 American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg at the US Figure 8 7 6 9 Skating Championships in Detroit, forcing her to withdraw from the contest. The assault was 4 6 3 1 planned by a group led by her rival Tonya 2 7 6 5 Harding’s ex-husband. Harding went on to win the event, but was later stripped of the title and fined $160,000 for conspiracy. The four men who planned and carried out the attack were 1 4 9 8 given prison sentences. 9 4 5 8 1 5 2 7

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The joke’s on you! WordsearchDecember Jailbreak // The Simpsons Would you believe it? The Simpsons – Bjorn Ballard, HMP Dartmoor S P R I N G F I E L D S S N O S P M I S Storing the dead • A woman and man get into a car accident. K M A G G I E N G F M P I E G G R A M E A farmer who built the first Both of their cars are totally demolished, but I U T G U M U G G I W H P L A R A T N Y new long barrow tomb in the amazingly neither of them are hurt. After they N N E N T C L E S T I R S H O W N T S M UK in more than 5,000 years crawl out of the wreckage, the woman says, Y T M F A E R H I N G E O N E Z D G O O has been told that he must “Wow, look at our cars - there’s nothing left! N Z O I S L A L M G S M E T V T S R N U pay thousands of pounds in Thank God we are all right. This must be a sign N A N E V E P A P I E O S Y E N R O S R business rates on it. Tim Daw, from Him that we should be friends and not the owner of the burial ground try to pin the blame on each other.” The man R V T D E M A R N R R E U P R W E E Y S used by Pagans, has been told replies, “Oh yes, I agree with you completely.” E L Y T G E T E E M A T O M G A D N M K by the Valuation Office Agency The woman points to a bottle on the ground and V E B R T N R E L W H R H O R K N I O I that he must pay between A M U T E T S L S M O A E L E I A N R N I am real and not a clone says, “And here’s another miracle. Somehow £4,500 to £5,000 a year in this bottle of scotch from my back seat didn’t T A R B Y A E E O N E P E F E N L G N N Nigeria’s president has had to take the unusual S E N T O R L A N A M O R L N E F A Y E step of denying that he has died and been business rates for his burial break. Surely God wants us to drink this scotch E S S E J Y M C M W G U T A T K D E N R replaced by a clone. Muhammadu Buhari, who mound where people pay to and celebrate our good fortune.” Then she O T O T E S A T U S R E D N E N E F L Y has disappeared for months at a stretch before, inter the ashes of their loved hands the bottle to the man. The man nods his M G A M V C R E N S A J E V R L N A T Y reassured supporters “It’s the real me, I assure ones. Long barrows were in head in agreement, opens it, and drinks about you. I will soon celebrate my 76th birthday and widespread use in the early a third of the bottle to calm his nerves. He A A M O O H C S T E N O L O R A C T T N I will still go strong.” Buhari was addressing Neolithic period and examples then hands it back to the woman. The woman R S R R L O M T Z O D A M L A R A U Y R online rumours, which started in 2017, that he still exist today, but the burial takes the bottle, immediately puts the cap G L I G L O V Y O J P R E S C P T A N A had been replaced by a Sudanese man called method fell out of use. Usually, back on, and hands it back to the man. The S R N L E L F I E B A R T N E R G T A B church graveyards and burial Jubril. Rumours that he’s been replaced, or man asks, “Aren’t you having any?” The woman THE SIMPSONS: BART, BARNY, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, grounds are exempt from the BART, BARNY, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EVERGREEN TERRACE, GRANDPA, HOMER, LISA, LOVEJOY, cloned, have been eagerly picked up by people replies, “No. I think I’ll just wait for the police... EVERGREENMAGGIE, MARGE, MATT TERRACE, GROENING, GRANDPA, MOES TAVERN, MONTY HOMER, BURNS, LISA, NED FLANDERS, LOVEJOY, NELSON tax as they are seen as places MUNTZ, NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, PATTY, RALPH WIGGUM, SELMA, SEYMOUR SKINNER, who oppose Buhari and his government. Pieces I’ll let them decide who’s fault it is.” MAGGIE, MARGE, MATT GROENING, MOES TAVERN, MONTY of worship. Mr Daw, from SIMPSONS, SPRINGFIELD, TREEHOUSE of “evidence” are images of Buhari writing with BURNS, NED FLANDERS, NELSON MUNTZ, NUCLEAR POWER Devizes, Wiltshire, said the both his right and left hand. Sometimes he has • There were three guys in a hot air balloon, PLANT, PATTY, RALPH WIGGUM, SELMA, SEYMOUR SKINNER, decision means mourners been pictured with or without his glasses, and one said “We have too many of these”, and SIMPSONS, SPRINGFIELD, TREEHOUSE some pictures have shown him looking visiting his tomb will have to dropped a piece of wood. The second guy said “pay to pray” and that the Thanks to Bjorn Ballard, HMP Dartmoor for compiling this younger than his 75 years. There’s also been a “We have too many of these”, and dropped a Wordsearch. If you fancy compiling one for us please send in max 20 x lot of attention on Buhari’s ears. Buhari, clone move discriminates against brick. The last guy said “We have too many of 20 grid complete with answers shown on a grid. If we use it we will non-Christian forms of or otherwise, will seek re-election in presiden- these.” And dropped a bomb. On the ground send you £5 as a thank you! Remember to include your name, number, tial elections next February. Buzzfeed News worship. The Telegraph prison. We will be using the new ‘Money Transfer Service’ for prize was a police offi cer who found a guy crying. money so include your DOB on your entries. “Why are you crying?” “A plank of wood hit me on the head!” he replies. On the offi cer went. He then saw another guy crying. “Why are you Quick Crossword crying?” “A brick hit me on the head!” he replied. On he goes then sees a guy laughing. “Why are you laughing?” He asked. “I farted and the building behind me blew up!”

• A guy is late for an important meeting. But he can’t fi nd a place to park. In despera- tion, he begins to pray. “Please Lord, if you ‘Super-cockroaches’ help me fi nd a parking stall right now, I prom- We arrrrr getting divorced China has a waste problem and is breeding an ise to go to church every Sunday and never A woman who “married” the army of cockroaches to eat its food scraps. The drink vodka again!” A moment later, he sees a ghost of 300-year-old pirate bugs are kept in facilities where they can be fed beautiful empty spot right next to the has now revealed the couple tonnes of garbage. A billion cockroaches chew entrance. “Never mind. Found one!” has split up. Amanda Sparrow their way through approximately 50 tonnes of Large, 46, first appeared in the the stuff a day. The food is dropped off before • A squirrel is in a pine tree, when all of a sud- spotlight when she legally dawn and delivered to the roaches’ cells via den, it starts shaking. He looks down, and sees married a Haitian pirate called pipes. The operation doesn’t end there, either, an elephant climbing the tree. “What are you Jack by a shaman priest earlier with all dead roaches going on to be made into doing? Why are you climbing my tree?” the this year. But now the mum nutritious foods and protein sources for pigs squirrel calls down to the elephant. “I’m com- from Ireland has revealed the and other livestock. Professor Zhu Chaodong, ing up there to eat some pears!” the elephant unlikely union is over. Posting said that a mass outbreak of billions of on social media she said: “So I cockroaches into the local environment would responds. “You fool! This is a pine tree! There feel it’s time to let everyone be a ‘catastrophe’. “Multiple lines of defence aren’t any pears up here!” The elephant looks know that my marriage is must be in place and work properly to prevent perplexed for a moment, and then says, “Well I Across Down over. I will explain all in due the disaster of accidental release,” she said, brought my own pears.” 1. Church official (6) 1. Austrian capital (6) course but for now all I want pointing out that the insects multiply rapidly in 4. Spanish snacks (5) 2. Scottish valley (4) to say is be VERY careful when the right kind of environment and could Send a message to your 7. Recover from illness (10) 3. Gather together {5,2) dabbling in spirituality, it’s not quickly infest an entire neighbourhood. South 8. Part of speech (4) 4. Tyre surface (5) something to mess with...” She China Morning Post reports that there are also loved one on Valentine’s Day 9. Sidestep (5) 5. ___ Zadora, actress (3) previously claimed that she concerns the Xichang farm’s intensive repro- Send your message (max 25 words). They 11. Clap (7) 6. Strainer (5) and the 300-year-old ghost duction and genetic screening could give the can read it and view the whole issue on 13. A plant (7) 7. Noisy disturbance (6) went on dates, had rows and cockroach’s evolution a boost, and produce an our free access website www.insidetime. 15. Stair part (5) 10. Main meal (6) even had an active sex life, army of abnormally large and virile “su- org Postal subscriptions are also available. 17. Pavement edge (4) 12. Down payment (7) before their recent divorce. per-cockroaches”. Vice If you’re outside, and your message is to 18. Bird type (10) 14. Even though (6) somebody in prison, send it to Inside McDonalds: ‘I’m shovin’ sh*t’ 20. Wait on (5) 15. Farm or garden tools (5) Time ‘Christmas Message’ Botley Mills, 21. Lavatory (6) 16. Firearm (5) Traces of faeces have been found on every single McDonald’s touchscreen Botley, Southampton SO30 2GB or swabbed in an investigation by metro.co.uk. Samples were taken from the new 17. Military cap (4) [email protected] 19. 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